A simple currency conversion bug inflated lottery prizes by 10x. It wasn’t just code that broke — execs lost their jobs. Fascinating case of real-world consequences from silent tech debt.
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When a Currency Conversion Bug Inflated Lottery Prizes by 10x - And Top Executives Paid the Price
A simple mix-up in exchange rate direction caused thousands of lottery winners to receive vastly inflated prize notifications — triggering…
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June 30, 2025 at 12:08 AM
A simple currency conversion bug inflated lottery prizes by 10x. It wasn’t just code that broke — execs lost their jobs. Fascinating case of real-world consequences from silent tech debt.
tomaszs2.medium.com/when-a-curre...
#SoftwareEngineering #BugsInProduction #TechDebt
tomaszs2.medium.com/when-a-curre...
#SoftwareEngineering #BugsInProduction #TechDebt