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[Technology] Have Sainsbury's, McDonalds, Tesco and Gregg's been subjected to cyber attacks ?



WATFORD zero

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I've seen a few reports in the last couple of days that all the above have suffered significant outages, having to close stores and failing to make deliveries. They all say that the problem is down to 'software updates' but have refused to comment further.

Cyber attacks or pure coincidence ?
 








Cheshire Cat

The most curious thing..
Rank incompetence and poorly tested software probably.

Plus a 400 million bitcoin ransom demand from some lunatic.

I understand that most bank software is ancient, but they daren't update it in case it dies completely. It looks pretty on surface, but who knows what lies beneath.
 


WATFORD zero

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Rank incompetence and poorly tested software probably.

Plus a 400 million bitcoin ransom demand from some lunatic.

I understand that most bank software is ancient, but they daren't update it in case it dies completely. It looks pretty on surface, but who knows what lies beneath.

Hundreds of thousands of lines of COBOL :wink:
 
















babbelquack

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I've heard it was software updates/patches to systems, even though not necessarily the same one they are from a provider who has been in the news a lot recently.
 




Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo

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I’m not sure it’s a cyber attacks, surely they’d attack someone a bit more significant like Harrods,The Savoy or even a large Hotel chain like Hilton?, but it’s a real shot in the arm for all of us who don’t want a cashless society 👍
If it was a cyber attack why would they go after groups like Harrods when the impact of hitting the UKs largest supermarkets is likely to be a lot more far reaching?

It’s probably a bodged update and these companies have similar/the same underlying software holding up their systems.
 


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AmexRuislip

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Well as Greggs had the issue, I've hardly seen many white vans on the road today round our area, which I guess is a positive.
 




WATFORD zero

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With software updates, it’s usually better to go for a managed roll out. Rather than a sausage roll out.
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Thunder Bolt

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I’m not sure it’s a cyber attacks, surely they’d attack someone a bit more significant like Harrods,The Savoy or even a large Hotel chain like Hilton?, but it’s a real shot in the arm for all of us who don’t want a cashless society 👍
Chip and pin was working at Sainsbury, just not contactless.
 


Paulie Gualtieri

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Would appear to be an application issue on a generic payment system I suspect.

Tesco had it a month or so ago as well

A rare victory for the Amex experience maybe in that no breaks in payment coverage although it was a charitable donation to Glasgow Celtic
 




PILTDOWN MAN

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I heard it was the cleaner who unplugged the computer so they could plug the hoover in
 
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A1X

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As someone who works in change for a large financial services company, you’d be amazed how often we stop people doing things that would bring the entire system crashing down. I wouldn’t rule out just useless developers being to blame.
 


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