Steve Dulieu wrote:

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message
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at 18:30:18 on Sat, 12 Jul 2008, chunky munky
remarked:

The problem with the software was that any card touched on a bit of
Oyster kit was hotlisted and permenantly disabled. Anyone affected by
this will have to get a brand new card.

Really? Have there been any press reports of this. You'd think people
would have noticed. And what about folks with combined Barclaycard/
Oyster, do you think they'll need a new one too?

If this was the case, how did people manage to "touch out" later in
the day, having attempted to "touch in" earlier?

According to a staff bulletin put out Saturday morning, a "corrupted
electronic file" uploaded overnight meant that any oyster used before
09:30 was hotlisted and permanently disabled.

We got on a W4 to Tottenham* about 06.30 on Sunday morning and my gf
didn't get her Oyster disabled when she touched in.





* Never again! :-)