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A RISKS Digest classic:

A prisoner was wrongly released after a fax was received from a grocery store stating that the Kentucky Supreme Court had demanded his release

http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/24/65#subj7.1

https://web.archive.org/web/20070426034707/http://www.cnn.co...

There are numerous examples in news reports.

"Who are you?" is the most expensive question in information technology. No matter how you get it wrong, you're fucked.



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