http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12597819
That inspires a lot of confidence in the LSE's web site security, I don't think. :shake:
Thought I'd post in case it was of interest to our resident Warren Buffett.
Did someone mention food? ;D
Not unless you like eating share certificates.
Is it what you get after moving to Linux? :whistle:
;D
Loioks like the LSE site has always run on Linux http://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report?url=http://www.londonstockexchange.com
They upgraded their systems a couple of weeks ago, it stopped Shareprice.co.uk from working for a few hours. They also lost Friday morning due to the upgrade causing problems http://www.onenewspage.co.uk/news/Money/20110225/19988700/London-Stock-Exchange-closed-as-computer-glitch-brings.htm
We are talking about the London School of Economics, aren't we? Computers by the Gadafi family. ;D
I know it took me 4 days to sell some Tesco shares by phone in 2009 because they couldn't get a success or failure message from the trading platform.
QuoteSecurity expert Paul Mutton fell victim when he viewed the site on 27 February.
He visited the LSE homepage to find out why some people reported that they could not access it.
The site was blocked by Firefox, he said, but accessible via Google's Chrome browser.
Not a great advert for Chrome. :whistle:
Never trust things that are shiny. ;)