Try the Computerworld site (I already tossed the link). Also try Networkworld!
On Wed Aug 22 15:52 , Lizette Koehler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: >I am having trouble finding this story on the net. I can only find the >stuff on phishing. > >I was able to get this out of cache > > > >Wells Fargo ATMs crash > > By Associated Press staff >3 p.m.Tuesday, August 21, 2007 >SAN FRANCISCO - Service problems disabled ATMs and online accounts at Wells >Fargo & Co. for at least 24 hours starting Sunday afternoon, leaving some >customers of the nation's fifth largest bank unable to get cash or use debit >cards to pay for goods. > >San Francisco-based Wells Fargo would not say how many customers or machines >were affected but acknowledged that services were down throughout the >company - from personal banking and Wells Fargo corporate Web sites and ATMs >to the processing of mortgage and student loans. > >"Customers may continue to experience transaction difficulties or delays in >our stores, at ATMs and at the point-of-sale ... and processing for some >mortgage, home equity, student loans and remittances," Wells Fargo >spokeswoman Julia S. Tunis said. "Our systems teams are working to fix those >problems and we hope to have all channels fully available soon." > >Although some customers noticed nothing wrong, others complained Monday at >several of the bank's 6,000 branches. Many customers could get cash only if >they went into a branch and talked to a teller - but they had no way of >getting cash after-hours at ATMs. > >Charles Muturi visited a branch in San Francisco's South of Market district >Monday, intending to talk to customer service representatives about getting >a home loan. Instead, bank workers told the 41-year-old San Francisco >resident they couldn't process his application because of the service >problems, and they asked him to come back Tuesday. > >"I can come back tomorrow, but it's inconvenient," Muturi grumbled as he >left the branch. > > >Lizette > >> >> Perhaps I was asleep earlier this week, but I do not recall seeing any >> traffic about Wells Fargo's "mainframe" shutting itself down and causing a >> nation-wide crash of it's network. >> >> Anyone know what really happened? >> >> There is a TON of traffic on the Phishing sites about how best to take >> advantage of the situation. :( >> > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO >Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
