# Is it an act of evil or a work of a genius?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-an-act-of-evil-or-a-work-of-a-genius/735168>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 19, 2015, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-an-act-of-evil-or-a-work-of-a-genius/735168 "2015-10-19T20:33:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![CCitizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-an-act-of-evil-or-a-work-of-a-genius/735168/1 "2015-10-19T20:33:20Z")

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Hackers stole a [billion dollars](http://money.cnn.com/2015/02/15/technology/security/kaspersky-bank-hacking/) from 100 banks.

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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-an-act-of-evil-or-a-work-of-a-genius/735168/2 "2015-10-19T20:34:55Z")

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Why can’t it be both?

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**Author:** ![CCitizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-an-act-of-evil-or-a-work-of-a-genius/735168/3 "2015-10-19T20:35:29Z")

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> [@John\_Mace](#):
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> Why can’t it be both?

Choice 2 – evil genius.

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**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-an-act-of-evil-or-a-work-of-a-genius/735168/4 "2015-10-19T20:42:35Z")

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Hackers can all rot in eternal hell.

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**Author:** ![CCitizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-an-act-of-evil-or-a-work-of-a-genius/735168/5 "2015-10-19T21:22:38Z")

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> [@WOOKINPANUB](#):
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> Hackers can all rot in eternal hell.

I am a Conservadox Jew – the vast majority of sinners will suffer for a few years.

On the other hand, these people are geniuses.

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**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-an-act-of-evil-or-a-work-of-a-genius/735168/6 "2015-10-19T22:25:32Z")

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Tick-tock.

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**Author:** ![CCitizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-an-act-of-evil-or-a-work-of-a-genius/735168/7 "2015-10-19T22:43:14Z")

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So far 5/8 people agree that these hackers are geniuses.

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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-an-act-of-evil-or-a-work-of-a-genius/735168/8 "2015-10-19T23:09:22Z")

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From the link “They also spewed cash out of ATMs when “one of the gang’s henchmen was waiting beside the machine” to collect the money.”

Now I’ve got an earworm!

_I rewired the ATM  
at the Food Emporium  
To provide an honorarium to anyone with the code_