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you want to return them, and Google ignores you

An error in a bank transaction has called into question Google’s financial control and the management of its (many) economic resources.

Imagine that you receive $250,000 from Google by mistake: you want to pay it back, and Google ignores you

Google is one of the most important companies on the planet, and under the umbrella of its parent Alphabet has more than 150,000 employees globally and countless collaborating companies in top-level technological projects, starting with the most well-known search engine on the Internet -almost a de facto standard- and ending with the entire Android ecosystem or services like Maps and YouTube that almost everyone uses in our day to day.

In any case, as our colleagues from Urbantecno told us, both Alphabet like Google are far from perfect as happens to practically any business giant, converted in the end into Towers of Babel in which many managements get out of control.

Google offices in Mountain View

Not everything is a party when a company mistakenly pays you $250,000.

In the case of Google, the latest error has been absurd, at least in terms of figures, and that is that Sam Curry claims to have received a $250,000 wire transfer from Mountain View a few weeks ago, and although he has tried actively and passively in recent days to get in touch contact Google to return themthe truth is that he has not managed to get anyone to answer him.

Perhaps for this reason, this software engineer who works looking bugs and vulnerabilities has decided to make his case public by writing a tweet to ask Google to contact himwith the sole purpose of proceeding with the relevant return.

Google paid nearly $9 million to 696 people last year to find bugs

And it is indeed Google paid almost 9 million dollars last year to these hackers ethical bounty hunters as you will see in the link above, but in no case were rewards offered as succulent as the one received by Sam Curry, who rushed to try to return the money received by mistake…

And now think about it, what would you have done?

The truth is that at least in the United States that ‘keep the dough’ it would not have been the best optionbecause if Google later claimed the money, it could have sued Curry for misappropriationa non-misdemeanor in its legislation.

On the other hand, it is also true that seeing google inaction and the inability for two weeks to communicate with them (they only paid attention to him once his tweet went viral encouraging him to keep the money), surely if Sam hadn’t said anything by now no one would have noticed in Mountainview.

How is it possible don’t miss $250,000 in the profit and loss account of a company, however large it may be, is something that they would have to explain to us, although in any case, at least here, we have happy ending for the honesty of this hacker ethical no, he will not buy a new Ferrari, but his conscience will be clear and he will have been able to settle for a bonus from Google.

This is how a cybercriminal managed to swindle more than 150,000 euros by deceiving telephone companies

Mr.Mario
Mr.Mario
I am a tech enthusiast, cinema lover, and news follower. and i loved to be stay updated with the latest tech trends and developments. With a passion for cyber security, I continuously seeks new knowledge and enjoys learning new things.

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