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Glitch Continues to Plague Washington Mutual
From: "Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 00:22:52 GMT
Not fun, but interesting in the lack of details provide by WaMu. Via C|Net News. [snip] An attempt by Washington Mutual to upgrade the bank's Web site has turned into a technology and public relations nightmare. Last Saturday, an undisclosed number of customers of the financial services company found that they couldn't perform several critical online banking chores such as electronically paying bills. Many waited, believing that the problem would be corrected sooner rather than later. They were mistaken. Six days later the bill-pay feature at Washington Mutual is still inoperative. Moreover, the bank isn't offering an estimate on when the glitch will be repaired. The situation appears to be one of the longest-lasting Web site glitches that a bank has suffered. [snip] More here: http://news.com.com/2100-1038_3-6099998.html - ferg -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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