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I'm one of the lucky people who have to wait. The airport personnel tells us it's the system that prints out weather information that's out. Not sure why one wo

by spyrosg 10y ago

I'm one of the lucky people who have to wait. The airport personnel tells us it's the system that prints out weather information that's out. Not sure why one would want to attack that.

phil21 10y ago
Considering check-in and reservation status in general appears to be down I'm guessing this outage is relatively widespread. Assuming what you've heard is correct this seems to span multiple Delta systems.
- ethbro 10y ago
  If it is power issues and some bit of infrastructure deep in the back end took a nosedive, wouldn't be surprised if it effects multiple front end systems.
  - snuxoll 10y ago
    Considering it's an airline, it's likely either a IBM i or a IBM Z System where they track everything relating to their flights (schedules, reservations, checked luggage, etc). A lot of companies (mine included) seem to thing these devices are high-availability giants and never test what happens should they go down. I know if ours ever took a dump we would be in some big trouble (though we could function for at least 24 hours).
- rasz_pl 10y ago
  I am having a strong Deja Vu right now. I remember EXACTLY the same scenario happening a ~year ago. Hmmm http://qz.com/417617/every-united-airlines-flight-was-grounded-this-morning-in-the-us/ http://qz.com/417617/every-united-airlines-flight-was-ground... and again http://www.pcworld.com/article/2945552/united-airlines-flights-grounded-by-network-connectivity-issues.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/2945552/united-airlines-fligh... and again http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/05/29/computer-system-shuts-down-at-jfk-terminal-7-passengers-say-airline-staff-handwriting-boarding-passes/ http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/05/29/computer-system-shuts...
vetler 10y ago
> Not sure why one would want to attack that. Well, that would make it less obvious. 1. Take a short-position on Delta on the stock exchange 2. Sabotage a piece of infrastructure that's important to operations 3. ??? 4. Profit! :)

by spyrosg 10y ago

I'm one of the lucky people who have to wait. The airport personnel tells us it's the system that prints out weather information that's out. Not sure why one would want to attack that.

phil21 10y ago

Considering check-in and reservation status in general appears to be down I'm guessing this outage is relatively widespread. Assuming what you've heard is correct this seems to span multiple Delta systems.

ethbro 10y ago
If it is power issues and some bit of infrastructure deep in the back end took a nosedive, wouldn't be surprised if it effects multiple front end systems.
- snuxoll 10y ago
  Considering it's an airline, it's likely either a IBM i or a IBM Z System where they track everything relating to their flights (schedules, reservations, checked luggage, etc). A lot of companies (mine included) seem to thing these devices are high-availability giants and never test what happens should they go down. I know if ours ever took a dump we would be in some big trouble (though we could function for at least 24 hours).
rasz_pl 10y ago
I am having a strong Deja Vu right now. I remember EXACTLY the same scenario happening a ~year ago. Hmmm http://qz.com/417617/every-united-airlines-flight-was-grounded-this-morning-in-the-us/ http://qz.com/417617/every-united-airlines-flight-was-ground... and again http://www.pcworld.com/article/2945552/united-airlines-flights-grounded-by-network-connectivity-issues.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/2945552/united-airlines-fligh... and again http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/05/29/computer-system-shuts-down-at-jfk-terminal-7-passengers-say-airline-staff-handwriting-boarding-passes/ http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/05/29/computer-system-shuts...

vetler 10y ago

> Not sure why one would want to attack that. Well, that would make it less obvious. 1. Take a short-position on Delta on the stock exchange 2. Sabotage a piece of infrastructure that's important to operations 3. ??? 4. Profit! :)