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At Least 13 People Died by Suicide Amid U.K. Post Office Scandal, Report Says

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628 points xbryanx | 1 comments | 11 Jul 25 11:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source
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nextos ◴[11 Jul 25 12:26 UTC] No.44531349[source]▶
I have followed this scandal quite closely over the years, and these two quotations sum it up. Pretty sad:

"The report alleges that even before the program was rolled out in 1999, some Fujitsu employees knew that Horizon could produce false data."

"As the years went by the complaints grew louder and more persistent [...] Still the Post Office trenchantly resisted the contention that on occasions Horizon produced false data."

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1. tonyhart7 ◴[11 Jul 25 13:28 UTC] No.44531902[source]▶
the employee knew something going to fuck up but higher up maybe don't want to deal with clean up and proceed to release it asap

hmm sounds like silicon valley work ethics