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{{a|systems|{{image|bad apple|jpg|}}}}{{dpn||n|}}One of those mischievous human imps occupying unobserved crevices in the great steampunk machine who, by their human frailty, ruin the best-laid plans of the machines.
{{a|systems|{{image|bad apple|jpg|}}}}{{dpn|/bæd ˈæpl/|n|}}One of those mischievous human imps occupying unobserved crevices in the great steampunk machine who, by their human frailty, ruin the best-laid plans of the machines.


On the convenional wisdom, [[bad apple]]s find and exploit [[Zero-day vulnerability|zero-day flaws]] in the system, ''which is [[Air crashes v financial crashes|what we should expect bad apples to do]]''. These they will find them exactly where the system least expects them to be found, and is therefore not looking: apparently harmless, sleepy backwaters. [[LIBOR]] submissions. Delta-one stock index swaps. [[Archegos|margin lending]].
On the convenional wisdom, [[bad apple]]s find and exploit [[Zero-day vulnerability|zero-day flaws]] in the system, ''which is [[Air crashes v financial crashes|what we should expect bad apples to do]]''. These they will find them exactly where the system least expects them to be found, and is therefore not looking: apparently harmless, sleepy backwaters. [[LIBOR]] submissions. Delta-one stock index swaps. [[Archegos|margin lending]].