Forbes - 101 Dumbest Moments in Business

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Случайно наткунлся на замечательный список - 101 Dumbest Moments in Business. Шедевры, просто шедевры. Сначала собирался постить особо понравившиеся, но потом понял, что их слишком много. Вообщем читать всё :).

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10. Electronic voting machines

Election officials in Florida promptly order 5,000 units

Diebold tightens security after it is revealed that a simple virus can hack its electronic voting machines. Months later a hacker uses a picture of a key from the company website to make a real key that can open the company's machines.


49. German screw factory

The red-light district in Amsterdam immediately closed

A worker in a German screw factory smuggles out 2,000 to 7,000 screws per night, ultimately stealing more than a million units. He sells the screws below cost on the Internet, artificially depressing the entire screw market.


50. The Defense Department

Makes you wonder what it would cost to ship a million German screws

Exploiting a flaw in a Defense Department purchasing system, South Carolina parts supplier C&D Distributors rakes in $20.5 million in shipping fees on just $68,000 in sales. The scheme is finally detected when a Pentagon clerk spots a $969,000 bill for shipping two 19-cent washers to an Army base in Texas.