alt Hacker NewsI have spent most of my career in newspaper publishing and banking.
A newspaper that doesn't publish for a few days might recover. A bank that drops off the Swift network for days isn't a bank any more.
I have spent most of my career in newspaper publishing and banking.
A newspaper that doesn't publish for a few days might recover. A bank that drops off the Swift network for days isn't a bank any more.
Russia and Iran would like to have a few words with you.
Banks regularly close for multiple days for bank holidays. Unscheduled downtime is a somewhat different story, though.
Luckily, the traditional SWIFT/banking infrastructure is so negligible these days, my phone can host a classic banking infrastructure for an entire small country.