It's is unbelievable. You know we are in for some very bad times.
I'm being paranoid about cyberterrorism, but here's another big system failure story:
http://money.cnn.com/2004/05/03/news/fortune500/gm_computer_problem/?cnn=yes GM sales report delayed
No. 1 automaker delays report on April sales until Tuesday due to 'major systems failure.'
May 3, 2004: 9:41 AM EDT
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - General Motors Corp. reported it would not be able to report April sales as scheduled Monday due to a "major systems failure" with the computer system that its dealers use to report sales.
The world's largest automaker did not give details of the system failure, other than to say it occurred Friday. It said because of the failure, GM gave dealers until 2:00 p.m. ET Monday to submit April deliveries. Spokeswoman Elaine Redd said that no other computer systems at GM were affected by the problem.
"No plants or production are halted," she said. A majority of GM dealers are not open Saturday, she said, so the sales information could not be collected until Monday.
The monthly sales report had been due out about 12:45 p.m. Monday, the same day that other automakers are set to report April sales.
Shares of GM (GM: Research, Estimates), a component of the Dow Jones industrial average, closed off 20 cents to $47.42 in Friday trading.