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The Most Expensive Computer Glitch Ever
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Tuesday, March 20, 2007
5:53:00 PM EDT
Hearing Yellow -- Petra Haden
This is amazing:
Perhaps you know that sinking feeling when a single keystroke accidentally destroy hours of work. Now imagine wiping out a disc drive containing an account worth $38 billion.
That's what happened to a computer technician reformatting a disk drive at the Alaska Department of Revenue. While doing routine maintenance work, the technician accidentally deleted applicant information for an oil-funded account — one of Alaska residents' biggest perks — and mistakenly reformatted the backup drive, as well.
There was still hope, until the department discovered its third line of defense, backup tapes, were unreadable.
Thirty eight billion dollars. That's more than I make in a year.
Here's the kicker: You know how they got the data back? 300 boxes of paperwork. Yes, paper. The ultimate backup.
Remember this the next time you accidentally close up a journal entry before saving it. It could be worse. Oh so much worse.
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5:53:00 PM EDT
Hearing Yellow -- Petra Haden
The Most Expensive Computer Glitch Ever
This is amazing:
Perhaps you know that sinking feeling when a single keystroke accidentally destroy hours of work. Now imagine wiping out a disc drive containing an account worth $38 billion.
That's what happened to a computer technician reformatting a disk drive at the Alaska Department of Revenue. While doing routine maintenance work, the technician accidentally deleted applicant information for an oil-funded account — one of Alaska residents' biggest perks — and mistakenly reformatted the backup drive, as well.
There was still hope, until the department discovered its third line of defense, backup tapes, were unreadable.
Thirty eight billion dollars. That's more than I make in a year.
Here's the kicker: You know how they got the data back? 300 boxes of paperwork. Yes, paper. The ultimate backup.
Remember this the next time you accidentally close up a journal entry before saving it. It could be worse. Oh so much worse.
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You know, I read this earlier in the day, and I couldn't help but think this would make a great crime caper. Although, I doubt he'd be able to withdraw any of the funds from a bank after the crime, what if it was to conceal a theft that had already taken place, perhaps with the bank manager in colusion?
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More than <i>you</i> make in a year? I am shocked. Shocked, I tell you! ;-)
Julie
3/21/07 2:21 PM