[Gllug] London Stock Exchange

[Robert McKay]

On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Christopher Hunter <cehunter at gb-x.org>wrote:

> On Sun, 2009-11-29 at 13:50 +0000, Alain Williams wrote:
> > I was wondering if anyone had any real insight/information as to what
> caused
> > the LSE computer systems to die on Thursday.
> >
> > When it died in Sept last year it seemed that the problems were placed at
> > the door of MS & .NET technology, although the exact reasons have
> remained
> > obscure.
> >
> > Anyone know what happened this time ?
>
> I've heard a couple of rumours - each blamed different systems, but both
> blamed MS software / operating systems.  There are also rumours of
> malware problems too.  When my spies tell me more, I'll let you know
> (both spies work at LSE!).
>
>
Basically they broke it on purpose to try and prevent a market collapse
following the Dubai news.. :)

Rob.
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