I wouldn't call that stealing. It is a forced refund. A hacker could even justify it to himself that these people were unknowingly paying for a shitty product that was built like Swiss cheese, time to give them a refund. Another plausible one is "this guy shouldn't be allowed to run a website, I can't believe he made money for it, it is going back".
I am not saying it is the most likely case or even ethically justified but it is definitely not a super unlikely one. Anyone who thinks that's an impossible scenario has not been in the hacker's shoes.
> I wouldn't call that stealing. It is a forced refund.
If someone took money out of your pocket would you call it stealing? What if they gave it to someone else, like a past employer or your parents or a humanitarian organization?
By the way, you should check a dictionary. The definition of "stealing" is literally taking something away without permission.
Being in the possession of a password or key implies having permission to use that key. When generating a key you give everyone with access to that key the permission to use it to perform actions on your account.
Protect your keys.
> Being in the possession of a password or key implies having permission to use that key.
No, it doesn't.
Yes, it does.
> Being in the possession of a password or key implies having permission to use that key
So if I get your house key I can use your bathroom?
Seriously, what hill are you trying to die on here?
Depends - did I hand it out at the street corner?
Nah, you left it under your door mat.
Would insurance cover that?
Does it matter?
Yes.
Refund or chargeback? The processing fees for a chargeback on every transaction could put him out of business.
He's lucky they didn't find a way to use it for card washing.
It would have had to be refund. The hacker could t initiate a chargeback from knowing the merchant's stripe keys. Seriously doubt it was a competitor. The risks of hiring someone to commit felons against your competitors just isn't worth it. Especially since the vibe coder seems to be bungling things on their own just fine.
How about you pay more attention to the story? It's not Visa/MasterCard or the customers that got hacked.
> I wouldn't call that stealing. It is a forced refund.
Respectfully, what the hell are you talking about?
Imagine you work 40 hours making an app and I pay you for those 40 hours. A third party comes in and says, I'm forcing a refund here - you lose the money you made, but you get the app you made.
How do you feel about this forced refund?
>I wouldn't call that stealing. It is a forced refund.
Can you name an instance of stealing that could not be described as a forced refund?