Former employee hacked system, swiped 2M Delta miles
Nov 21, 2017, 8:37 am
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Former employee hacked system, swiped 2M Delta miles
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/...ine-miles.html
Police say the 2,000,000 miles are worth $300,000!
In what world?
I hope she has a good lawyer!
Police say the 2,000,000 miles are worth $300,000!
In what world?
I hope she has a good lawyer!
Nov 21, 2017, 9:17 am
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/...ine-miles.html
Police say the 2,000,000 miles are worth $300,000!
In what world?
I hope she has a good lawyer!
Police say the 2,000,000 miles are worth $300,000!
In what world?
I hope she has a good lawyer!
Nov 21, 2017, 9:20 am
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/...ine-miles.html
Police say the 2,000,000 miles are worth $300,000!
In what world?
I hope she has a good lawyer!
Police say the 2,000,000 miles are worth $300,000!
In what world?
I hope she has a good lawyer!
Nov 21, 2017, 9:22 am
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The most extreme possible valuations of SM can get close to $0.15. TATL D1 booked as an ex-US one-way can run $9,000-$11,000 instead of 70,000 SM, giving $0.13-0.16. An absurd price and unrealistic valuation, but still it shows how such a number could be created.
Nov 21, 2017, 9:25 am
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/...ine-miles.html
Police say the 2,000,000 miles are worth $300,000!
In what world?
I hope she has a good lawyer!
Police say the 2,000,000 miles are worth $300,000!
In what world?
I hope she has a good lawyer!
Apparently an employee of a company called "Brookstone" in the UK.....not Delta.
Nov 21, 2017, 9:27 am
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IIRC there is/was something like Brookstore in the USA that sells/sold expensive and often high tech gadgets. I can't recall when I last noticed one in a mall.
Nov 21, 2017, 9:50 am
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Nov 21, 2017, 9:52 am
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Nov 21, 2017, 9:54 am
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Nov 21, 2017, 11:04 am
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Nov 21, 2017, 2:05 pm
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Nov 21, 2017, 2:59 pm
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I wonder how often that happens with skybonus accounts... When I found my employer's skybonus account, it hadn't been touched in years -- our last contact was probably with the old northwest biz perks program. the previous administrator (working out of a different office) retired a few years earlier, and while earnings had been coming into the account, no redemptions had gone out.. nothing would have stopped her from logging in and continuing to renew her sky club membership. i kinda wish she had -- would have been a better use of the points that expired!