Hacking 1 Billion Dollars

Okay would it matter if someone hacked 1 Billion accounts stealling only $1 from each and becoming a billionaire?

If i were to do it, would anyone even notice it? Would you be mad if your account was part of it?

Why hasn't anyone every thought of this? Or have they?

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At first I doubt it. But as it keeps up I think the pattern would be discovered.

Imagine hacking one penny from every transaction from every bank. Have each penny taken and deposited into an offshore bank account. You would be loaded with money!

Someone's been watching Office Space.

I've got a mate who studied ethical hacking and countermeasures. He tells me banking systems are probably the most difficult in the world to hack as, unlike governments, they have the money to spend on the most robust systems and the best people. I'm not saying it can't be done. As this article shows, banks do have vulnerabilities.

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/03/pwnie/

Don't get caught, or you'll be going to pound-me-in-the-ass prison

Originally posted by Colossus-Big C
Okay would it matter if someone hacked 1 Billion accounts stealling only $1 from each and becoming a billionaire?

If i were to do it, would anyone even notice it? Would you be mad if your account was part of it?

Why hasn't anyone every thought of this? Or have they?

😕

Originally posted by jaden101
Someone's been watching Office Space.

👆 lol

Office Space stole the "salami slicing" idea from Superman 3. Though they're probably not original either.

Notice the dollar? Probably not, but wouldn't someone notice the hacking? That's the banks money, you don't **** with the bank.

I don't think a dollar would be enough to get a billion, would it? 😛

^Are you making a Sorites Argument or did you not read the part in the OP where it specifies that a billion accounts are being robbed for a single dollar each?

Seeing as it was a question and that this topic doesn't seem all that serious, I wasn't really trying to make any argument at all.

Word would get around about a new billionaire in town, so unless you spread your goods over lots of accounts and are very careful about how you access them eventually you're going to come under scrutiny. That's of course assuming you got away with all of the original skimming.

It would only take a few people who are anal about everything and notice even an extra dollar taken out for the downfall to begin.

Would you care if your account was involved/ would you report it to the bank/police?

Originally posted by Mairuzu
Seeing as it was a question and that this topic doesn't seem all that serious, I wasn't really trying to make any argument at all.

Originally posted by Colossus-Big C
Would you care if your account was involved/ would you report it to the bank/police?

I wouldn't notice a buck missing.

Originally posted by Colossus-Big C
the topic is serious

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Originally posted by Colossus-Big C
the topic is serious

Can someone help me start creating the virus?

Originally posted by Colossus-Big C
Can someone help me start creating the virus?

Originally posted by Colossus-Big C
Can someone help me start creating the virus?

Sure. Just know that the process involves a banana, a condom, and 3 liters of AstroGlide lubricant.

Originally posted by Colossus-Big C
Can someone help me start creating the virus?

Yes, definitely, since I have the ability to create just such a program I will now surely include you in it, because....wait...why would I do that?