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Subject:
what would happen if a computer virus disabled the federal funds system?
Category: Business and Money Asked by: malissa23-ga List Price: $2.00 |
Posted:
27 Mar 2005 13:57 PST
Expires: 26 Apr 2005 14:57 PDT Question ID: 501121 |
What would happen if a computer virus disabled the fed funds system for 60 days? |
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Re: what would happen if a computer virus disabled the federal funds system?
From: clint34-ga on 28 Mar 2005 05:42 PST |
Malissa, I'd venture to say it would be near impossible to disable it for sixty days. Since this is federal funds system, it most likely has: 1. Offsite Hot Backups 2. Redundant Off Site Hot Backups 3. Full Backups done everyday. 4. Abitlity to recover in hours, not days. So, if it did happen or could happen, I suggest that a restore would be in order, and quite fast. |
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Re: what would happen if a computer virus disabled the federal funds system?
From: financeeco-ga on 28 Mar 2005 11:15 PST |
I'm assuming you mean the computers at the Fed that keep track of memeber banks' reserves on account with the Fed. As already mentioned, there are probably ample backups, so there's minimal chance of permanent data loss regarding banks' current (as of last backup) reserve positions. If ongoing computer operations were disrupted, the biggest consequence would be major delays in check clearing. Since the Fed's computers take care of netting (the process of "ignoring" offsetting transactions between banks) as well as settling reserve account changes (after netting), any computer problems would affect check clearing (also wire transfers). |
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Re: what would happen if a computer virus disabled the federal funds system?
From: air2air2-ga on 03 Apr 2005 13:25 PDT |
Addiotionally, there is no "one" system network to bring down. It's a conglomerate of government and private systems. |
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