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Bank E-Communications Aid During London Bombings

Posted by Zonk on from the backups-that-work dept.

davidwr writes "Reuters and eWeek report on how the British Banks' emergency chatroom and web site helped them cope with Thursday's terrorist bombing." From the article: "The Bank of England, the Treasury and the Financial Services Authority switched on a secure section of their Financial Sector Continuity Web site to talk to major banks in the City of London's financial hub about how they were coping. A Bank of England spokeswoman said this was the first time the secure site had been used in an actual crisis situation since its creation in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York."

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  1. Transcript. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    [Wanker] Whot's happening over there.
    [Boss] OMG we are teh fux0r3d!!
    [Wanker] Yea but, whot's happening.
    [Boss] The effing bus just blew up in front of me!
    [Wanker] I see. Wh0t about bank business? Wh0t's happening?
    [Boss] Fuck the bank! The bus blew up right in fron of me.
    [Boss] OM Gawd!!! We are totally boned!!!
    {Wanker] What ever. TTFN
    [Boss] OMG! OMG!
    [customer] Morning, I'd like to make a withdrawal, please.
    [Wanker] Sorry, it's my tea break. Ask him.
    [customer] Scuse me old chap, I'd like to make a withdrawal.
    [Boss] OMG! The bus blew up. You can't make a withdrawal. Can't you see the bus blew up?
    [customer] Yes but, the bank seems fine.
    [Boss] Sod off you twat!!! The bus blew up. We're fux0r3d! OMG! OMG!

    1. Re:Transcript. by Hogwash+McFly · · Score: 5, Funny

      [Bank_P42] What happen?
      [Bank_J67] Somebody set up us the bomb
      [Bank_T113] We get signal
      [Bank_P42] What!
      [Bank_T113] Main screen turn on.
      *** Al_Qaeda has joined #secretbankchat
      [Bank_P42] It's you!
      [Al_Qaeda] How are you gentlemen !!
      [Al_Qaeda] All your public transport are belong to us.
      [Al_Qaeda] You are on the way to destruction.
      [Al_Qaeda] What you say !!
      [Al_Qaeda] You have no chance to survive make your time.
      [Al_Qaeda] Ha Ha Ha Ha ....
      [Bank_T113] Captain !!*
      [Bank_P42] Take off every 'Financial Transaction'!!
      [Bank_P42] You know what you doing.
      [Bank_P42] Move 'Financial Transaction'.
      [Bank_P42] For great justice.

      --
      Mother, do you think they'll like this sig?
  2. Excerpt from a transcript by iamdrscience · · Score: 5, Funny

    bankofE89: wtf? something blew up
    treasury49: yep i know treasury49: r u ok?
    bankofE89: ya
    bankofE89: it wasnt nearby
    treasury49: ok
    bankofE89: a/s/l?