glitch
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Glitch On Bitcoin Exchange Drops Prices To Zero Dollars, User Tries To Make Off With Trillions
A cryptocurrency exchange in Japan reportedly experienced a temporary glitch last week that suddenly offered investors their pick of coins for the low, low price of zero dollars. Several customers took advantage of the opportunity, but one really ran with it.
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Bank Glitch Allows Man To Spend Over $1 Million And Walk Away Free
Photo: Getty Normally a glitch is a bad thing. Maybe it means your video game character gets stuck in a wall or maybe a glitch gets you wrongfully arrested. For an Australian man named Luke Moore, a simple bank glitch meant that he was able to blow $US1.3 ($2) million on cars, travel, strippers and…
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Speedrunner Reprograms A Super Mario Game To Beat Itself
Speedrunners have long been exploiting 8-bit games by “reprogramming” them. Pixel-perfect inputs can be used to trigger memory events, usually for the purpose of beating games in fractions of the time it would ordinarily take. A similar exploit exists in the classic Mario Game Boy game 6 Golden Coins, but it exists in a physical,…
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Teenager Exploits Glitch For Free Optus, Vodafone Internet
Props of the day go to Tim Williams, the 19 year from Grafton who devised a crafty little exploit to get free web access on his prepaid mobiles. Both telcos have since learned about the hole, but hey, nice work Tim. We salute you!