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If, like me, you're one of the millions of First Direct customers in the UK, you may have been surprised to get a number of texts from the bank as part of your normal statement updates.
The service is generally fantastic, informing you of your debit-card funded indiscretions on a daily basis, however this morning's raft of texts may have got you jumping out of bed with shock. You see, due to a mess-up at their data centre, texts of other people's balances were sent out to many people.
Through my initial pre-coffee bleary eyes, it seemed I'd spent over £3000 yesterday, that's one hell of a restaurant tab!
First Direct said there had been a 'problem'.
This shows that one of the most secure banks in the world can have issues and if it can happen to them, it can happen to you.
Posted at: Tuesday, 06 October 2009