Steve Dulieu wrote:
"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message
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at 18:30:18 on Sat, 12 Jul 2008, chunky munky
remarked:

The problem with the software was that any card touched on a bit of
Oyster kit was hotlisted and permenantly disabled. Anyone affected
by this will have to get a brand new card.

Really? Have there been any press reports of this. You'd think people
would have noticed. And what about folks with combined Barclaycard/
Oyster, do you think they'll need a new one too?

If this was the case, how did people manage to "touch out" later in
the day, having attempted to "touch in" earlier?

According to a staff bulletin put out Saturday morning, a "corrupted
electronic file" uploaded overnight meant that any oyster used before
09:30 was hotlisted and permanently disabled.

In what sense are they "permanently" disabled? Does it just mean that the
Oyster people can't be bothered to do the necessary reprogramming over the
weekend to undo the 'disabled' setting? Was anything written to the cards
themselves, or have they just been entered on a central list?
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Richard J.
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