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by akiselev 3414 days ago
The root cause was a system that allowed a potentially incompetent employee to indiscriminately close bank accounts without at least a date of birth or social security number confirmation. It's a problem that could have been prevented with a four to eight digit input field and an if statement.

The system isn't flawed only in the sense that the bank doesn't give a shit. They get to reap the returns on your capital either way.