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   Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jul-2024 16:34:04 JST Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:

   Buy calls on stock for company that's down due to an infosec issue.

   Stock price recovers -> you make money

   Stock price continues to tumble and your calls expire -> finally some fucking sense

   (I have a real brokerage account that allows options and even margin trading, but did not buy calls on CrowdStrike)

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     Falcon Darkstar (falcon@mastodon.falconk.rocks)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jul-2024 17:56:13 JST Falcon Darkstar

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     @ryanc this one is perhaps different from the usual (data breach for which there are no real consequences) in that it exposed how risky their product is, but also possibly mitigated by the fact that this doesn't say anything negative about whether it can do what it says it does.

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     Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jul-2024 17:56:13 JST Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:

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     • Falcon Darkstar

     @falcon also "well, surely they will learn from this and implement procedures to avoid it in the future" (they will, right!?)

     My concern as an investor would be "is someone going to sue them over this?"