I want to know what the “single line of code” was
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Sam Bankman-Fried's secret 'backdoor' discovered, FTX lawyer says
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#12Interestingly, while some are quoting a "single line of code", the article is actually using some even stranger information:
> "Mr. Wang created this back door by inserting a single number into millions of lines of code [emphasis mine] for the exchange, creating a line of credit from FTX to Alameda, to which customers did not consent," [FTX lawyer Andrew Dietderich] added. "And we know the size of that line of credit. It was $65 billion."
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#13I want to know what the “single line of code” was
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#14Fiddling your own accounting system is not really a "back door". It's just lying.
So far that sums up this whole fraud: it's just bare faced stealing, there is no complexity or master plan...
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#16I'm guessing this "single line of code" called a function which was 9000 lines. Regardless this is pretty damning smoking gun information if true. "uh-oh, sphaghettio"s becomes a pretty tough legal defense.
The article says “single number”, not “single line of code”.
-- ""Mr. Wang created this back door by inserting a single number into millions of lines of code for the exchange, creating a line of credit from FTX to Alameda, to which customers did not consent," - guessing it was probably a flag? --
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#18Impressive that it was a one line code change to allow a 65b credit line. This is some office space level stuff.
The IOCCC[1] ain't got nothing on this in terms of stakes!
Though the real test is if it fails to be explained with plausible deniability.
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#19“I wanted to get rich not because I loved money, but because I wanted to donate it to charity.” - SBF, notable EA
Re: Sam Bankman-Fried's secret 'backdoor' discovered, FTX lawyer says
#20Interestingly, while some are quoting a "single line of code", the article is actually using some even stranger information: > "Mr. Wang created this back door by inserting a single number into millions of lines of code [emphasis mine] for the exchange, creating a line of credit from FTX to Alameda, to which customers did not consent," [FTX lawyer Andrew Dietderich] added. "And we know the size of that line of credit…
Absolutely lulzy to think of cranking out millionssss of lines of code in the ~2 years FTX existed.