Capital One Fixes Systemwide Outage:
The outage happening on a Friday -- and the first of the month -- makes for some bad timing.
Capital One customers had to wait several hours before they could access their money on Friday. The bank had a massive outage that prevented people from withdrawing or depositing funds.
A tweet from the bank's customer service Twitter account Friday afternoon said the issue affecting its customers in the morning had been resolved. However, some tweeted in response, saying they still couldn't access their direct deposits, or transfer funds.
Friday morning, the Capital One customer service account confirmed the outage after a customer tweeted about being unable to access an account. One apparent customer tweeted that she'd contacted the bank by phone and was told by a representative that it was a systemwide problem.
A company spokesperson said in an email Friday that customers won't be responsible for any late fees associated with this issue.
It's nice that Capital One will not directly charge fees to their customers because of the outage, but what about people who did not have their deposits accepted and saw automated payments bounced? What about the indirect fees their customers incurred as a result?
Previously:
Capital One Target of Massive Data Breach
(Score: 4, Informative) by Mojibake Tengu on Saturday November 02 2019, @06:19PM (4 children)
Would you put a critical data of yours on a single drive? Most probably, no.
Why would anyone use just a single bank for critical operations with their money? That's just plain stupid.
I use five banks regularly. They all know about it well and they often race each other by offering me better options for both investments and operations. Sometimes, it is even possible for me to dictate terms for contracts or reject some stupid terms of theirs.
Never confuse laziness with convenience.
Respect Authorities. Know your social status. Woke responsibly.
(Score: 2) by RS3 on Saturday November 02 2019, @07:24PM
What? You're working the capitalistic system? You're getting them to compete and negotiate? Imagine the sheer destruction of known society if everyone did that. Don't listen to this guy. Pay your huge fees, lock-in contracts, non-compete clauses, forced arbitration, more fees, etc. Keep the system going.
/s (that means the previous content was sarcasm, for those who take me too literally)
(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Sunday November 03 2019, @03:25PM (2 children)
I also use $FINNISHBIGGUY for my GSM connection, and she uses $ESTONIANBIGGUY for hers, so the chance of us being detached from the phone network is diminished.
And home uses $BIGGISHISP for the internet connection, and the office uses $BIGGERISP for its, with the mail and web servers configured to serve all our domains with one short tappety-tap if we lose one temporarily.
So yes, very much, redundancy is good.
Hmmm, I don't have a spare g/f...
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Sunday November 03 2019, @03:26PM (1 child)
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
(Score: 1) by RandomFactor on Sunday November 03 2019, @04:38PM
/me pockets another expression for future use
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