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Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2025 9:16 am
Security Tales: Victims of a Software Error
Vladimir Bezmaly | 04.05.2021
- Good morning, Johann!
- Good morning, Karl! What happened?
— We have extremely serious problems here. Moreover, judging by everything, they are very old and arise aperiodically.
— The post office has been using software from the H company for decades. Moreover, the program periodically indicates a shortage of funds. Hundreds of the company's employees, found responsible, went to prison or lost their personal savings, and suicide was not without it. It is noteworthy that no one admitted guilt.
— You've only been at the post office for a short time, haven't you? Have you taken any steps yet?
— Yes. When I was appointed director of the post malta mobile database last year, I ordered a manual audit of the finances, without using computers. It took more than six months. And strange errors in the software were discovered. It seems that hundreds of people were convicted illegally. I need your specialists to check the software itself. Unfortunately, we simply have no one to do this, and, as you understand, I cannot involve developers. So I need your help.
Two months have passed.
- Boss, there is a fatal error in the software of company H, because of which it makes incorrect calculations and repeatedly shows a shortage of money, which the post office managers then attribute to employees. At the same time, company H is confident that their software works flawlessly.
— How many employees were injured?
— A lot of employees suffered, more than 700 in the last 15 years. Some ended up in prison, and one even committed suicide. I think this is the biggest mistake in the history of the empire.
Vladimir Bezmaly | 04.05.2021
- Good morning, Johann!
- Good morning, Karl! What happened?
— We have extremely serious problems here. Moreover, judging by everything, they are very old and arise aperiodically.
— The post office has been using software from the H company for decades. Moreover, the program periodically indicates a shortage of funds. Hundreds of the company's employees, found responsible, went to prison or lost their personal savings, and suicide was not without it. It is noteworthy that no one admitted guilt.
— You've only been at the post office for a short time, haven't you? Have you taken any steps yet?
— Yes. When I was appointed director of the post malta mobile database last year, I ordered a manual audit of the finances, without using computers. It took more than six months. And strange errors in the software were discovered. It seems that hundreds of people were convicted illegally. I need your specialists to check the software itself. Unfortunately, we simply have no one to do this, and, as you understand, I cannot involve developers. So I need your help.
Two months have passed.
- Boss, there is a fatal error in the software of company H, because of which it makes incorrect calculations and repeatedly shows a shortage of money, which the post office managers then attribute to employees. At the same time, company H is confident that their software works flawlessly.
— How many employees were injured?
— A lot of employees suffered, more than 700 in the last 15 years. Some ended up in prison, and one even committed suicide. I think this is the biggest mistake in the history of the empire.