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by catears
257 days ago
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To add some more context to your comment. One of the big attacks was in 2021 with the Kaseya ransomware attack that caused one of the larger grocers (coop) to essentially be unable to operate. Made national news as they had to give away product for free in some places. source in swedish:
https://www.aftonbladet.se/minekonomi/a/aPrJWL/hackergruppen... And yes, we use cash so seldom that most people cannot from memory recall what the bills/coins look like! |
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It didn't help that the Riskbank replaced all bills and coins during a relatively short time period, and did it badly. People used up/deposited their old and didn't get new.
The new coins and bills have unnecessary denominations and bad design that made cash bothersome to use. They introduced an unnecessary 2 SEK coin, that is almost indistinguishable from the 1 SEK coin — especially if you are unused to them. They also introduced an unnecessary 200 SEK bill, that was just too big to be useful for small purchases. Several times I've seen people at ATMs withdrawing 100 SEK over and over again, just because they wanted the more useful 100 SEK bills.