sigh* Personal + Household accounts wiped clean.* Business
intact. US Bank fraud departments are slow but they'll get it
back.* 10 Days?* No.* 10 Business Days. I never liked the idea
of a "Business Day" - such a ridiculous notion. That's all the
days not a weekend or holiday.* Just call it 2 1/2 weeks which
is what it ends up being for all practical purposes. Meh.* Oh
well.* For the next few days, someone will enjoy some phantom
money in India.* [that's where it went].* Actually, they took a
lot more than I even had, leaving me with a big 'negative
balance'. I'm not worried.* It'll get sorted out and I'll have
to call a few companies in a few days and say " HEY, NOT MY
FAULT* - I'd appreciate not being penalized if possible. Part of
me says, "Good job worldwide banking system hacker, you got
money from the System". The other part of me says, "But why did
it have to be mine?" But, the banking system is a game.* I
participate by having accounts and that makes me a player.**
It's actually a fun game, especially when you get to the level
of playing with stocks and money markets, which I did for a
while. I never hacked it though, just outwitted using normal
rules. And, like all games, sometimes someone slides in sideways
and your Monopoly Money disappears from in front of you. So,
kudos hacker and also, FU hacker.* My next play is phone calls.*
I made my first to the fraud department.* Their next play is
going back to you.* I have more phone calls to make, which
starts other games that they have to play. And, within 2 1/2
weeks... oh wait, 10 business days the money will be back in my
account. Enjoy your free cash but honestly, I hope you stub your
toe and get a papercut for the bad timing.** Well, bad for me,
not for you.* Have a good papercut. Also, it's not likely that
it was hacking anyway.* It was probably just stolen account
numbers.* So now, part of my next play is vigilance.* The bank
will do it for me, watching for unauthorized charges from this
one place, but if I see it from other places, I'll have to get a
set of accounts numbers, which is really annoying 'cause I've
had these forever, through 5 different bank name changes. That's
also probably why they EVENTUALLY made their way into a
steal-able database/text file somewhere: So many years with the
same numbers, someone was bound to come across it and find a
money-transfer company with pathetic security measures.* I liked
those numbers - they play like a song. But hopefully it's just a
one-time event and I'll get to keep them.* Yes, I hope he/she
gets a papercut, stubs his/her PINKY TOE and watches a movie
with a really bad ending that leaves them disappointed at the
poor storyline and execution of the plot and terrible editing.*
That'll make up for it.* Well, the emotional distress, which is
at about that level.
