Re:Vibe code is legacy code
by pydry on Thursday July 31, 2025 @08:24AM
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It still doesn't make sense that advanced attackers would go to those lengths in order to... refund the customers.
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There are lots of smart kids who don't particularly need reasons for causing mayhem. Suppose it was somebody profit-motivated though. They might be:
1. Distracting from a more important vulnerability
2. Later contacting customers, advising them of the "accidental" refund and redirecting them to a more appropriate payment mechanism (one without the KYC Stripe does, were they to try to steal funds directly)
3. Testing stolen credit cards before using them elsewhere
Etc. Scamming people is a big industry, and not all of the plots are immediately obvious.
Re:Vibe code is legacy code
by iluvlawyering on Thursday July 31, 2025 @10:01AM
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Maybe guy's running the chatbot as customer service and user turned hacker to get his money back.
Plenty of hackers do it "for the lolz".
Re:Vibe code is legacy code
by chromanoid on Thursday July 31, 2025 @06:02PM
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Vibe hacking is much older than vibe coding.