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Is 23,148,855,308,184,500 a magic number, or sheer chance?

• aneesh 17y ago
  Props to the guy that figured it out on StackOverflow! I still wonder about how that transaction got through without triggering a fraud alert.
  • dangoldin 17y ago
    The bug may have occurred after the payment was accepted if it's a multi stage process. It's also possible that they first submit a request to check if $X is available, get the confirmation that it's okay, and the submit the actual request for $X. In that case the bug may have been in the way the 2nd request is handled. I'm not sure why more people wouldn't be affected by this though.
• teeja 17y ago
  The biggest bug is the fact that the program itself didn't look this result over and scream FIX ME!