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Software bug accidentally makes programmer a millionaire overnight, security investigates

Monday December 16, 2024. 06:47 PM , from BoingBoing
Software bug accidentally makes programmer a millionaire overnight, security investigates
When a software developer's test program ran wild overnight, he arrived at work to find security guards waiting – and a test account mysteriously filled with a fortune.
The incident was reported in The Register's 'Who, Me?' Monday morning feature, 'in which we share tales of technological messes your fellow readers made.' — Read the rest
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