Natwest/RBS glitch

[Sexual Chocolate]

Eric Mc said:

I like the way theyw1 skirt around the anser "I have no evidence for this" means absolutely nothing.

What he means is that he is awaiting for the full report which will be coming in a few months

On a side note:

Check this it was removed by request.

http://cantankerous.co.uk/?p=747



and now check this

http://www.jobserve.com/gb/en/search-jobs-in-Edinb...

[hornetrider]

Sexual Chocolate said:

and now check this

http://www.jobserve.com/gb/en/search-jobs-in-Edinb...

I've contracted for Lorien

[Murph7355]

Was CA-7 itself not backed up...?

The numpty at the sharp end can be blamed until the cows come home, but good implementations protect against numptyism - st often happens no matter who is at the controls.

[Sexual Chocolate]

Just read the change that caused it and the incident ticket. Interesting reading however I don't understand mainframe stuff so some of the technical aspects escape me.

[Boozy]

All the DR in the world won't help if you've deleted a very complicated Schedule with dependencies. They will have DR hardware but batch processing is a complex beast and flipping to DR won't help a batch stream that's fubar.

[Fantic SuperT]

Sexual Chocolate said:

Eric Mc said:

I like the way theyw1 skirt around the anser "I have no evidence for this" means absolutely nothing.

What he means is that he is awaiting for the full report which will be coming in a few months
On a side note:
Check this it was removed by request.
http://cantankerous.co.uk/?p=747
and now check this
http://www.jobserve.com/gb/en/search-jobs-in-Edinb...

May we assume Rajat Kharbanda of Infosys is the now-unemployed individual that Stephen Hester knows nothing about?

[Sexual Chocolate]

Fantic SuperT said:

May we assume Rajat Kharbanda of Infosys is the now-unemployed individual that Stephen Hester knows nothing about?

No idea but it looks that way wouldn't you agree?

[Piersman2]

Sexual Chocolate said:

No idea but it looks that way wouldn't you agree?

Wouldn't surprise me to see him turn up here in the near future via one of our 'partners'.

[Carfiend]

The way the IT industry works after such a huge cock up he will end up in a better job with less work for more money. Just look at Leo Apotheker.

[Fantic SuperT]

Sexual Chocolate said:

No idea but it looks that way wouldn't you agree?

His LinkedIn profile certainly fits the bill. I guess on a technicality Hester can claim he was not offshore since Infosys appear to have brought him to the UK some of the time to undercut the going rate for UK workers.

There are loads where I work, complaining about the quality of state schools, price of housing, cost of living etc. Now they want to be paid the same money as the people they replaced, even though they do about 10% as much work and have no idea how to communicate with the business users.

[Sexual Chocolate]

Fantic SuperT said:

May we assume Rajat Kharbanda of Infosys is the now-unemployed individual that Stephen Hester knows nothing about?

We can not assume thIs as there is no mention of him in the incident. But if a cv is moved by request it does look suspect.


Just checked his linkedin profile. Its been removed. Why?

Edited by Sexual Chocolate on Tuesday 26th June 23:08

[Slyjoe]

Could just be a coincidence, however it appears that a lot of banks are under cyber attack......

http://news.sky.com/story/952931/fraud-ring-in-hac...

[Oakey]

There is a cyber war going on...

• adjusts tinfoil hat

[philthy]

Sexual Chocolate said:

"Hi SC,
I am having trouble chaning my password can you help"

My reply
"Hi,

We use LDAP so you need to specify the -r option."

His reply
"Hi SC,

I tried password -r sh0106 and it still doesn't work"



"Hi SC,

I can't get onto <servername> can you help"

"Hi
Can you ping it"

"Hi SC,

How do I ping it?"



These people apparently have 3-5 years UNIX experience.

Jesus H Christ!

I'm a truck driver and I understand that!

[rich1231]

Hmmm I have to balance this attack on off shore resources with some observations.

Recently on a massive payments integration programme the off shore resources were by and large an order of magnitude better than the on shore. But it was the role it seemed of the on shore resources to be critical of off shore at every chance.

[Fantic SuperT]

"A junior technician in India caused the RBS computer meltdown which froze millions of British bank accounts, it was claimed last night"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2165202/Di...

[hornetrider]

Fantic SuperT said:

"A junior technician in India caused the RBS computer meltdown which froze millions of British bank accounts, it was claimed last night"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2165202/Di...

That's the sensationalist Wail version who are reporting the Register article above.

[smack]

hornetrider said:

Fantic SuperT said:

"A junior technician in India caused the RBS computer meltdown which froze millions of British bank accounts, it was claimed last night"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2165202/Di...

That's the sensationalist Wail version who are reporting the Register article above.

Well if this is the kick needed to bring these kinds of job back to the UK then let the Wail sensationalize it all they want I say.

[hornetrider]

smack said:

hornetrider said:

Fantic SuperT said:

"A junior technician in India caused the RBS computer meltdown which froze millions of British bank accounts, it was claimed last night"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2165202/Di...

That's the sensationalist Wail version who are reporting the Register article above.

Well if this is the kick needed to bring these kinds of job back to the UK then let the Wail sensationalize it all they want I say.

For what it's worth, I thoroughly agree!

(I'm coming up to renewal!)

[Fantic SuperT]

hornetrider said:

smack said:

hornetrider said:

Fantic SuperT said:

"A junior technician in India caused the RBS computer meltdown which froze millions of British bank accounts, it was claimed last night"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2165202/Di...

That's the sensationalist Wail version who are reporting the Register article above.

Well if this is the kick needed to bring these kinds of job back to the UK then let the Wail sensationalize it all they want I say.

For what it's worth, I thoroughly agree!

(I'm coming up to renewal!)

So do I, especially since I spoke to the DM journos last night and gave them the story.