Comments by "Curious Crow" (@CuriousCrow-mp4cx) on "Barclays' Bank lies this afternoon" video.

  1. I hear you professor, and you are right in all what you say. It's nothing unsurprising that both the BBC and Barclay's might not respond well in a crisis. Both organisations are cost-focussed, and accordingly have shed manpower to the bone to save money. Accordingly, they may not access to staff to respond in a time of crisis. Not only are the management out of touch, but neither organisation has a coherent crisis management plan, which is surprising, as Barclay's should have designated officers and a action plan to cope with It failires. If this is a Cyber Atrack, according to Data Protection rules, they should be making efforts to protect their customers' data as well as their own business reputation. They should have ensured that they were communicating frequently with the public and providing accurate information when they do. But, I think the hollowing out of manpower in the Banking Sector might mean that they may have shed first and reorganised responsibilities later. Same with the BBC. Fact checking things before you publish is Journalism 101. Now both organisations both lose public confidence as a result of poor organisation. It's just not good enough. And Barclay's share price might fall, and the BBC has yet another own goal. Is there anything good in the situation? Well, you've got us to commiserate with you and show you some solidarity.
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  2. Professor, it is probably a cyber attack, because you do have backup systems in Banks because everything is computerised. So if the whole system when down with the backups as well, it's going to take a while to even coordinate a response. If records, plans and guides are in the system that is down, they will have to try and get back access into the system, as they may have been locked out. They may not even have an offline unhackable communication network to coordinate recovery. . Sounds like trouble, and the cybersecurity business will be chalking up a few new contracts for sure investigating this.
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  3. You don't seem know much about the House of Commons. Or, you'd know that the rules prohibit that. And if you do use that language, you will be punished by the speaker with a suspension without pay. It happened most recently to Dawn Butler MP who called Boris Johnson a liar. It's an ancient rule in the House of Commons.
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