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I find this story really interesting as a study in ethics. Who is morally correct here?
This is the story:
Student is jailed for two years in China after exploiting KFC app glitch to get endless free chicken
The 23-year-old, identified only as 'Xu', managed to take £6,500 in free food in just six months after uncovering the glitch back in 2018. He also shared the secret with four friends, who took a combined £15,500 of chicken before they were stopped.
This week, Xu was jailed for two and a half years for fraud and fined £700 over the scheme, while his friends were jailed for between two years and 13 months. Xu discovered the glitch while buying food using a voucher from KFC's phone app in April 2018, according to Chinese state-run media. He found that by switching between the KFC app and the company's store on WeChat, China's equivalent of WhatsApp, he could place an order using the voucher though it still remained in his wallet on the other account. This effectively generated infinite free food vouchers, which he used to buy £6,500-worth of chicken between April and October that year. Xu kept some of the food for himself, but also sold cut-price meals to his classmates.
This is the story:
Student is jailed for two years in China after exploiting KFC app glitch to get endless free chicken
- 23-year-old, identified only as 'Xu', discovered glitch in KFC's online ordering
- Student found that by swapping between KFC's phone app and WeChat ordering system, he could generate unlimited free food vouchers
- Xu exploited the glitch to get £6,500 of free chicken, which he sold to others
- He also shared the glitch with four friends, who stole a further £15,500 of food
The 23-year-old, identified only as 'Xu', managed to take £6,500 in free food in just six months after uncovering the glitch back in 2018. He also shared the secret with four friends, who took a combined £15,500 of chicken before they were stopped.
This week, Xu was jailed for two and a half years for fraud and fined £700 over the scheme, while his friends were jailed for between two years and 13 months. Xu discovered the glitch while buying food using a voucher from KFC's phone app in April 2018, according to Chinese state-run media. He found that by switching between the KFC app and the company's store on WeChat, China's equivalent of WhatsApp, he could place an order using the voucher though it still remained in his wallet on the other account. This effectively generated infinite free food vouchers, which he used to buy £6,500-worth of chicken between April and October that year. Xu kept some of the food for himself, but also sold cut-price meals to his classmates.