I always wondered that! I assume they had a "ground truth" financial order book somewhere (which presumably was held to much higher standards of correctness) and that the support staff manually verified their balance.
But ... that logic doesn't work if you chase down the implications. And sadly I was both too shocked and too young to press my coworker for details. (He was a cool older fellow who seemed as amused with the craziness.)
Eventually I became a pentester at Matasano. During my one-year stint, I was parachuted into around 70 codebases. I got to see first-hand that Scottrade wasn't an outlier; they were the average. Most companies have similar WTFs, and the codebases are just as onerous.
The world is held together with duct-tape. That's why pentesting is so crucial.
Is there any accuracy to my belief that China caused this by arresting the doctors who were talking about this instead of investigating it? If so, are people in China aware of this? Do they see it as an issue?
Yes we do. But given how other countries are reacting to COVID19 after so many deaths “it is just the flu”, I imagine this thing would have played out the same if the doctor were not arrested.
Actually yes, the incident has had an unprecedented impact on the Internet. People have sharply criticized the actions of the Wuhan government and supported the doctor, and the central government has demanded an explanation from them. Finally, the Wuhan government also apologized. The whole incident is a lesson for China. If you want to know if people are aware of this or still be insensitive. I haven't done scientific statistics, but my 80 yr grandma told me that this doctor is a great man, we need to speak for him, and the government should apologize for it.
I have to be honest that I’m not really seeing any major issues here. They _used_ to do something and now they don’t, so he didn’t lie about it. They _have_ had low placement rates and informed their investors, but it’s unclear what the average or common placement rate is and if it’s significantly different from what they claim. And _some_ students didn’t like the curriculum. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
You also make reference to some internal documents. Perhaps sharing them will help further the story?
I disagree that this is an accurate assessment of my claims. When you claim that you "never have" done something after you've already done it, you're making a statement about both the present and the past. Your point about averages or something is also difficult for me to parse.
