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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 | 2 comments | 11 Jul 25 11:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.497s | 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. nlitened ◴[11 Jul 25 15:11 UTC] No.44533048[source]▶
It would not surprise me if some developers at that time reported to journalists that they had a bug in their code, they'd go to jail for fabricating evidence, cybercrime, stealing of trade secrets, breaking an NDA, or something like that.
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2. hungmung ◴[11 Jul 25 19:17 UTC] No.44535928[source]▶
Why not all of the above?