It appears theres a clause for Debit cards used at ATM's...
http://usa.visa.com/personal/security/visa_securit y_program/zero_liability.html
Extract from above Link:
The Zero Liability policy covers all Visa credit and debit card transactions processed over the Visa network--online or off. The only transactions not covered under the Zero Liability policy are commercial card, ATM, and non-Visa-branded PIN transactions.
I used to consistantly charger $125 per hour as an analyst supporting IBM AIX systems. $50 an hour is cheap. However it wouldn't take anywhere near that amount of time to undue and repair the damage.
On the other hand, sounds like the company got a complete overhaul in the deal which would be unrelated to the problem other than it scared them and pointed out the need!
There should have been (2) bills here:
1. Find and fix problems related to the account -$2,000
2. Re-design the whole system $18,000.
I feel confident IBM naturally started finding un-related problems and holes and a small project turned into something completely different.
Having been an anaylst for 25+ years and spending my life making things work, I'm the last person to condone his actions but he shouldn't have been tagged with the bill to rebuild the whole system!
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It appears theres a clause for Debit cards used at ATM's... http://usa.visa.com/personal/security/visa_securit y_program/zero_liability.html
Extract from above Link:
The Zero Liability policy covers all Visa credit and debit card transactions processed over the Visa network--online or off. The only transactions not covered under the Zero Liability policy are commercial card, ATM, and non-Visa-branded PIN transactions.
I used to consistantly charger $125 per hour as an analyst supporting IBM AIX systems. $50 an hour is cheap. However it wouldn't take anywhere near that amount of time to undue and repair the damage. On the other hand, sounds like the company got a complete overhaul in the deal which would be unrelated to the problem other than it scared them and pointed out the need! There should have been (2) bills here: 1. Find and fix problems related to the account -$2,000 2. Re-design the whole system $18,000. I feel confident IBM naturally started finding un-related problems and holes and a small project turned into something completely different. Having been an anaylst for 25+ years and spending my life making things work, I'm the last person to condone his actions but he shouldn't have been tagged with the bill to rebuild the whole system!