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computer shutdown of U.S. Customs and Border Protection systems at airports

sunshine45 — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 03:28:23 GMT

Monday night, a computer shutdown of U.S. Customs and Border Protection systems at airports across the country led to major headaches for travelers nationwide.

People returning home from the New Year's holiday weekend were being processed at international terminals by hand at several airports, resulting in long lines and short tempers.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/01/02/customs-outage-causes-chaos-backups-airports/96093562/?csp=breakingnews

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Snowpuppy — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 03:42:49 GMT

Dont say it Snow, dont say it!!!!!!

😂

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Plaid Pants2 — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 03:44:21 GMT

eh, the russians are prob. behind it

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september — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 03:44:45 GMT

Lol! I started and deleted something,too!

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sunshine45 — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 04:04:09 GMT

"At this time, there is no indication the service disruption was malicious in nature," the agency said.

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Snowpuppy — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 04:04:30 GMT

@Plaid Pants2 wrote:
eh, the russians are prob. behind it

Shhhhhhh!

You're not suppossed to tell!

You have to wait for CNN to tell you. Otherwise Wolf might have to take a pay cut from his $10M salary.

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Nuttmeg — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 04:31:41 GMT

@Snowpuppy wrote:
@Plaid Pants2 wrote:
eh, the russians are prob. behind it
Shhhhhhh!

You're not suppossed to tell!

You have to wait for CNN to tell you. Otherwise Wolf might have to take a pay cut from his $10M salary.

Wolf has been on vacation.

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LTT1 — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 04:46:29 GMT

I guess I will wait on Wolf

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LTT1 — Thu, 05 Jan 2017 20:29:02 GMT

@sunshine45

I am sorry or these weary travelers

ETA: can I simply not write correctly anymore?

The word should be "for" not OR

I have been sick so for today I am "excused!"

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sunshine45 — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 04:49:25 GMT

@LTT1 wrote:
@sunshine45
I am sorry or these weary travelers

i know! i have been seeing so many people just waiting and waiting......there are lots of photos on twitter. many of them are probably returning from their holiday vacations.

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ms traditional — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 06:58:30 GMT

uh - do you think our cyber security systems need a complete overhaul?

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Mominohio — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 13:02:09 GMT

Honestly this is the kind of thing people need to consider will be more and more frequent.

Our technology growth has outpaced the ability to secure it, we seem to not have adequate backup systems and plans for when it fails (for whatever reason). The systems are taxed to the limit in many areas.

And add to it a whole generation of younger people who have no idea how to do things the 'old ways' (think making change when the computers are down at the store) and businesses and organizations who don't maintain a 'plan B' for system failures that are adequate and viable, and what you get is inconvenience.

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esmeraldagooch — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 15:49:07 GMT

@Plaid Pants2 wrote:
eh, the russians are prob. behind it

Another Washington Post fake news story they will have to retract?

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LTT1 — Thu, 05 Jan 2017 20:30:52 GMT

@Nuttmeg @sunshine45 @esmeraldagooch @Mominohio @ms traditional

I was so relieved to see Wolf back on TV last night

now he can tell us about it