The Beirut Bank Job (2017) • Hacker News Board

Re: The Beirut Bank Job (2017)

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Post by itronitron » Sun, Feb 21, 2021, 9:44 PM UTC

everyone wrote: post #40

In this video https://youtu.be/UpX70KxGiVo The running theme seems to be: omg its so easy to just walk in these places and rob them, the employees just let me in. That seems an unremarkable assertion to me. Do these corporations want all their employees to act as their private security force and secret police? I think most employees (rightly) dont give a shit if the company suffers. When it does well they dont get re…

In my experience, employers regularly exercise their power to make their employees not care. At best this is driven by a desire to limit the organization's liability, for example disciplining non-janitorial employees from picking up litter because they are afraid of lawsuits if someone throws out their back at work.

Re: The Beirut Bank Job (2017)

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Post by anonu » Mon, Feb 22, 2021, 3:06 AM UTC

Being from Beirut, this was fun to listen to. But this type of pen-testing could probably take place at almost any bank anywhere in the world.

Generally Lebanon is quite free of "run-of-the-mill" crimes (thefts, rapes, murders). Most crimes happen in the political sphere: assassinations and mainly massive graft and corruption from the politicians who have pillaged the country for decades.

Re: The Beirut Bank Job (2017)

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Post by anonleb4 » Mon, Feb 22, 2021, 5:41 AM UTC

saghm wrote: post #39

anonleb4 wrote: post #35

Much less impressive when you know the guy works for the cousin of the bank owner, which is part of a mafioso family. This was staged as a PR move for the security firm of the cousin of the bankowner.

Do you have a source for this? I'm genuinely curious

https://kryptonsecurity.com/meet-the-team https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoun_Sehnaoui

The Sehnaoui family is very powerful and well known in Lebanon. The guy works for the cousin of the owner of the bank. People aren't as gullible as we imagine them to be, but it's a good story for PR, resold over and over.

Re: The Beirut Bank Job (2017)

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Post by derangedHorse » Sun, Mar 07, 2021, 10:45 AM UTC

anonleb4 wrote: post #43

saghm wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you have a source for this? I'm genuinely curious

https://kryptonsecurity.com/meet-the-team https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoun_Sehnaoui The Sehnaoui family is very powerful and well known in Lebanon. The guy works for the cousin of the owner of the bank. People aren't as gullible as we imagine them to be, but it's a good story for PR, resold over and over.

Interesting connection but it’s kind of a big jump to say it was all a PR stunt, no?