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Spelling mistake prevented hackers taking $1B in bank heist
- foldor 11y agoThis is a good lesson to learn, even for the rest of us. A few extra minutes making sure your work looks professional can be the difference between $80 Million and $1 Billion.
- fosco 11y agoGetting paid for spelling accuracy sounds like a fun job, I think I would be good at it. at least wehn im nto guuefing off.
- jakub_g 11y agoThe title is a bit sensationalist because the number of transactions was also a factor, but anyway, they've lost some serious money on it (even if it was just one more transaction)
- udev 11y agoThe nature of the typo "fandation" instead of "foundation" makes me think the perpetrators were from a Russian speaking country. edit:spelling
- atemerev 11y agoOne billion. Wow. I'd expect _a lot_ of copycat attacks on central banks soon.
- dang 11y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11262177 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11262177 appears to have more detail.
- jrs235 11y agoI don't get how we can't take back and track bits. It's not like real physical currency was taken.
- charlesism 11y agoConsidering "Hackers got away with about $80m" is the subheading, when it deserves to be in gigantic letters with a picture of the Hindenburg under it, I am impressed with the PR agency who spun this story.