In Argentina, nobody, not even hackers, bothered with banks. From the moment I’d arrived in Buenos Aires, the porteños told me to avoid them altogether. They pointed me to various cuevas, illegal exchange houses, instead. After years of economic collapse and government freezes on withdrawals, Argentinians had lost their trust in banks. Online and mobile banking were still virtually unheard of, which meant there was less to be gained by hacking them.

