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Panic! Panic now! | 104 comments (104 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

We seem to be seeing another knock-on effect of the panic. Internet sites no longer responding, perhaps crashing from overload. I was at my bank today, winning a greater credit facility, but for over four hours the bank's system could not be used. Several net sites i frequent had unbelievably slow refresh times, or crashed.

i would also now expect more coordinated DOS attacks as well, although that is completely out of my area of expertise. Which Baltic country was the test attack last year?

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Tue Jan 22nd, 2008 at 09:46:09 AM EST

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Estonia.

We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Jan 22nd, 2008 at 09:48:18 AM EST
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Estonian panic now: According to Baltic sources, Estonian real estate market prices are falling down over 25% per year. In particular, the "YIT Ehitus" RE agency dropped valuation of its objects by 27% on January 7, and then by another 50% on January 17. That's wow...

by das monde on Wed Jan 23rd, 2008 at 05:19:18 AM EST
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Heh. My connection's been slow, but I thought it was just my provider.

Anybody outside of Germany experiencing problems?

The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman

by dvx (dvx.clt ät gmail dotcom) on Tue Jan 22nd, 2008 at 09:48:50 AM EST
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I have an account in an online bank that was apparently totally down -you could get the initial page but not login.

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed. Gandhi

by Cyrille (cyrillev domain yahoo.fr) on Tue Jan 22nd, 2008 at 10:01:44 AM EST
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The new form of bank runs ; instead of queues, websites crashing.

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Tue Jan 22nd, 2008 at 10:30:08 AM EST
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Not seeing any reports of that occurring anywhere.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Jan 22nd, 2008 at 11:16:00 AM EST
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