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You'll surely enjoy the quote from the linked article:

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The method is seemingly simple, but the fact that the thieves knew to focus on this particular vulnerability marks the Citigroup attack as especially ingenious, security experts said.

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Sorry but no, this isn't ingenious - it's really the basics!!!

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Yeah, the NYTimes article really made it look like the hackers went into a lot of trouble to breach the bank's security.

Of course they did, if they made it look simple then everyone would freak out (or they should, and have mass exodus away from Citi). People are used to hackers finding occasional, difficult exploits.

Of course, the hackers were suffering from acute Alzheimer.

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