Jerdo Pier retweetledi

Just got a notification from my bank about "suspicious activity."
Someone tried to use my card to buy $400 worth of Roblox gift cards. I know exactly who it was. My 10-year-old.
I went into his room. He was on his iPad playing Roblox, very focused, trying to look innocent.
I said "did you try to buy Robux with my credit card?" He said "no."
I showed him my phone with the fraud alert. $400 in attempted charges.
He got quiet. Then: "It was an accident."
I said how do you accidentally try to spend $400?
He said his friend told him how to find saved payment info in the browser. He was "just looking" and then "it kind of just happened."
Then he added: "I only tried to get the medium amount though. Not the big one."
This kid tried to steal from me but showed restraint about how much to steal.
I asked why he didn't go for the $1,000 option if he was already committing fraud.
He said "that seemed greedy. And you might notice."
So he calculated the optimal amount to steal. Enough Robux to matter. Not enough to trigger immediate attention.
He's 10 years old and already understands the concept of staying under detection thresholds.
I should be mad. I am mad.
But I'm also realizing this kid has better operational security instincts than half my IT team.
He committed fraud responsibly. That's somehow worse.
I told him he's grounded from Roblox for a month. And from my laptop forever. He said "that's fair."
Then he asked: "If I had done $200 would you have noticed?" The answer is probably not. And he knows it.
I'm either raising a future cybersecurity expert or a future criminal. Maybe both.

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