We've all seen those alerts that say something like "a system upgrade this weekend may make certain features unavailable."
But this past weekend, a system upgrade at a bank made a lot more available—breaking down privacy and information security at the same time.
On Thursday, the bank tweeted about the upgrade:
Then over the weekend, customers found their own information unavailable, but some could see how much money other bank customers had. Imagine how you would feel:
If there was an "imaginary upside," SkyNews reports that one customer logged on and found an extra £13,000 had somehow been added to their account (which is the equivalent of about $18,000 US).
We doubt they were able to keep the money, because it may have been someone else's deposit.
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