Bank Employee Falls Asleep On Keyboard, Transfers 222,222,222.22

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  1. thatguy

    thatguy Active Member

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    http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-...sleep-keyboard-transfers-€22222222222-mistake

    PMPL

    Me thinks sleepy finger is very active sleepy at crimex opening time :D
     
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    willrocks Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    It really makes me wonder what type of systems they have when an employee can 'accidentally' send quarter of a billion.
     
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    The story is either BS or the software developers that built the system should be fired
     
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    willrocks Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    Does their system even check that the source bank account has sufficient funds? Not too many retirees have a lazy quarter of a billion.
     
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    trew Active Member Silver Stacker

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    Perhaps the system allows an account to go into overdraft - with approval.

    The story is that the person who approved the transfer got fired and too the bank to court.

    A system that allows that amount of overdraft, even with approval, is just flawed in the first place.
     
  6. JulieW

    JulieW Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    Which key did his sleepy hand hit next. Presumably his somnambulant digit hit enter.
     
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    Clawhammer Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    The buzzword for this story is "Redundancy"
    The software needs some...and the employee will definitely get one :)
     

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