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2010 Tech Bug Hits German Credit Cards
Many Germans have been hit by a computer bug linked to the
year 2010 that has rendered their credit cards useless, the ZKA
banking commission said on Monday.
Cards issued by "many credit institutions'' have run
up against "a software error during the passage to the year
2010'' that does not however cause security problems, the commission
said in a statement.
Clients at two of the biggest German retail banks, Postbank
and Commerzbank, have been affected in particular but ZKA could
not say how many people in all were faced with problems.
An AFP journalist noted that cards hit by the bug could not
be used to either withdraw money from ATMs or to pay for items
in stores.
ZKA said the problem should be resolved by Tuesday.
Published: 2010-01-05 at 12:27 AM
Source: AFP |