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alexz commented on the word salami swindle
spotted this term in the IETF glossary.
This term goes back to 1975 computerworld.
https://books.google.ca/books?id=f2XZVvbi_TAC&pg=PA6&dq=salami+swindle
Finally, there is the instance security consultants have come to call the "salami swindle." Krauss reported a case in which a programmer "sliced off" rather than rounded off fractional shares bought in an employee investment plan and trans-ferred the fractions to his own account. When caught, the programmer had allegedly credited his account with some $380,000 worth of securities, Krauss reported"
March 1, 2016