To whomever is messing with the Bank of America website, F YOU!

[wndycty]

I get it, too big to fail, "they need to be brought down" etc. but what these idiots do not get is that they are messing with peoples' lives. I need to transfer for $$$ so to cover a check. . .but thanks to these assholes I have been unable to for about 45 minutes.

[TwilightGardener]

1. Is that what's happening? That sucks.

[Eyerish]

66. Actually, the site had a non hacking related issue....

"A Bank of America spokeswoman said some customers were experiencing issues, but “everything is fine now.”

She added, that while the bank doesn’t comment on specific technical issues, this “had nothing to do with yesterday or hacking or anything to do with customers information being compromised.”

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2011/09/bank-of-america-site-temporarily-down/

[L0oniX]

2. Why are you banking with a known enemy of the people?

[TwilightGardener]

4. I am too--I have a vehicle loan with them.

[wndycty]

5. I can keep my money whereever the fuck I'd like and while I am not happy with some of the fees. . .

. . .I am a happy customer.

You mind your own money, I will mind mine.

[L0oniX]

10. Enjoy your bank!

[snooper2]

72. I do, I've been banking with them since 1997

Been great to me...

I was just trying to get online as well. Stupid fucking hackers...

It's fine for you keyboard warriors, Oh yeah! Give it to the man! Truthy to Power!

Just like I have to deal with assholes doing voice fraud. A bunch of folks at BofA are having to deal with cyber attack assholes...

[Ichingcarpenter]

16. . . .I am a happy customer.

Apparently not.....lol

[Le Taz Hot]

19. If you're such a happy customer

why can't you get into their website?

:hide:

[wndycty]

22. Because some ASSHOLES are attacking it. . .its under attack from HACKERS

I don't blame BofA for that.

[LAGC]

40. Uh... if BofA made itself a target for some reason, I think that is their fault, don't you?

Did they really think they could just impose outrageous fees and no one would react?

[pipi_k]

44. You know what's an appropriate reaction?

People pissed off by the fees can take their money elsewhere.

Not fuck it up for others.

[wndycty]

54. I doubt those messing with the website are customers

:kick:

[DLine]

77. I seriously doubt "fees" have anything to do with it.

[msongs]

56. wow that is some twisted and sick logic you are using to justify internet crime nt

[uppityperson]

63. damn straight! and all those wimen who was raped, shouldn't have dressed so provacatively!

I'm SeRIES!!!!!!!!!!!11111





:sarcasm: just in case

[LAGC]

75. Sounds like the bank raped itself.

Looks like it was B-of-A's own fault for the downtime. (See down-thread.)

Guess that's what you get banking at some huge faceless mega-corp with too many customers and the bank trying to cut corners on equipment, not able to handle the load.

:rofl:

[MedicalAdmin]

41. Of course you don't blame them. They are innocent I tell you ... innocent!

Think of the little shareholders. Oh the humanity.


Say. Did I see you on some cable news show a few years back calling for a tea party?

[City Lights]

76. Where's your proof that some ASSHOLES are attacking it? eom

[RebelOne]

46. Happy customer here, too. I have been with Bank of America

for over 15 years and they have always treated me fairly.

[tkmorris]

92. You DID start a public conversation about it

Seems kind of odd to do that and then tell people essentially to mind their own business. You invited the scrutiny.

Furthermore, since it was BoA itself that caused the website to be down it would seem that your own big "F YOU!" was directed at them anyway. This whole episode is reminiscent of a battered spouse.

[LaurenG]

98. We all have the right to complain and shove our money wherever it

feels best. It looks like we all know know where you like yours. :eyes:

[ronnykmarshall]

104. SNAP!

You GO!

It's nobody's business but yours.

[HappyMe]

8. Whatever.

:eyes:

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[HappyMe]

3. No shit.

I need to transfer $ to pay the rent. It's not working.

Thanks loads, assholes.

[jemsan]

9. Just had a large sum of money wire transferred to pay off a vehicle

Transaction went off without a hitch....although VERY SLOW and fragmented internet site. So money is still flowing. Good luck!!

[quakerboy]

96. Indeed

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2011/09/bank-of-america-site-temporarily-down/

[MrCoffee]

6. Huh, no one's ever messed with my credit union's website.

Weird.

[DoBotherMe]

13. That's correct!

+1 Dana ; )

[Javaman]

101. Same here. :) nt

[Oilwellian]

7. Why do any Democrats...

bank with those thieves?

[wndycty]

11. Oh brother. . .well I don't tell you what to do your money you don;t tell me what to do with mine

OK?

[Name removed]

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[LanternWaste]

37. Seemed more like a question, and less like a command.

Seemed more like a question, and less like a command.

(I also blame any and all glitches in computers systems on hackers-- it's convenient and self-validating towards groups I dislike, and allows me to rationalize my inconveniences into a dramatic and petulant rage.)

[girl gone mad]

110. Yet you whine and attack others in a public forum because of your own poor consumer choices.

You have chosen to do business with an incompetent (and likely insolvent) bank.

If you are going to complain in public because you made a bad decision, you should expect some criticism for it.

[jemsan]

17. The nearest credit union is 9 miles away from me. Bank of America is 1 mile.

Been a happy customer since the nearby Washington Mutual took a dive several years ago. I dislike Chase more than B of A. My mortgage was sold to B of A 3 years ago and I as a customer have no complaint. As a citizen, not so happy. I don't shop at Target or Walmart or ever cross picket lines and we all drive Priuses, but the list of places with which to do business ethically is shrinking ever so quickly. I do what I can. :)

[Fire Walk With Me]

23. My credit union is a long ways from me. After two BOA accounts, I don't mind the trip so much.

[Xithras]

32. Travel.

Ever try finding an in-network ATM machine for your credit union while you're out and about in a strange city? Not fun. And, unlike the big banks, most credit unions don't have handy-dandy mobile apps (or often even web sites) to show you where their ATM's are once you're outside of their main service area.

For people who travel a lot (for work, vacation, whatever), this is a huge problem with credit unions.

[wndycty]

34. Yup. . .most of the money that does not need to be liquid is in a credit union. . .

. . .money that needs to be liquid is not.

[Xithras]

51. Same here.

I quit BofA and switched to a local credit union about two years ago, but the ATM thing was a huge hassle. I recently opened a Citi account, and now do my primary checking through them. My money is still deposited into my CU, and I use it for everything from savings to loans, but my daily checking is through Citi...which has ATM's everywhere. Even better, I can open an app on my phone, click a button, and it will show me a map within seconds identifying every Citi ATM machine nearby my current location. It's great. It's also something that CU's need to look at if they want to retain customers.

Between consulting gigs, the distribution of my family, and day trips, I'm constantly running up and down the highways between Oregon, California, Arizona, and Nevada. When I was using the credit union only, there were months when I'd run up $20-25 in ATM fees...which is far more than I was paying BofA back when I had their account. Between the fees and the hassle, they simply weren't a viable option for my daily use.

On the other hand, my wife (who only occasionally travels with me) still uses our CU checking account for her daily purchases. She loves it, and since she rarely has to make withdrawals outside of our home area, the ATM thing isn't a problem for her.

[quakerboy]

48. Its very simple for my CU

Any 7-11. Any time of day. In my network.

Also it seems virtually every CU within several states is "allied" meaning I can do basic banking things at their branches if I need too.

The CU's have been doing a lot of work building these networks and alliances to overcome that problem. I am sure that some purely stand on their own and have no access, but I hate to see them all bushed with the "inaccessible" label, when it is often no longer true.

[uppityperson]

65. Not my CU. 2 branches locally and that is all. One reason we also bank with a Big bank

for ease of money transferring/deposits when out of the local area. My old CU was accessible in Ak and Seattle (yes AK CU) but new one isn't.

[quakerboy]

80. Interesting. Might be worth looking at others in the area

We have an abundance of them around here, which I am sure is not true everywhere. The one my accounts with is an 8 mile bike ride away to the nearest branch, but others allied with it are within 2 miles. Granted I have a US bank account that I can get to by crossing the street. I have found them to be the best of the "big" banks, and I just never wanted to mess with having my several Student loans being pulled directly from that account.

[SlimJimmy]

82. Good point. If your credit union is part of the "allied" network, you can use their ATMs

and bank services without additional charges.

[quakerboy]

109. And 7-Eleven

Not sure how widespread it is, but my mom's CU account can be fully accessed for free VIA the bill pay station thingy in any 7-Eleven.

[SlimJimmy]

117. Cool. I might check that out.

[cyglet]

95. Not an issue...

They refund ATM fees.

[proud2BlibKansan]

15. The angst from the protesters can be way over the top at times

Sorry you're having problems.

[Le Taz Hot]

18. To whoever is messing with the B of A website

I salute you! :cheers:

Shit like this never happens with credit unions.

[TwilightGardener]

20. Credit unions are generally good, but they'll dick you around too if they can.

[wndycty]

21. Well I do also bank at a credit union however. . .I travel a lot, am self employed. . .

. . .and Bank of America gives me certain conveniences I could not live without.

Congrats on celebrating CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR!

[Ichingcarpenter]

29. Bank of America Criminal Behavior is well documented

But you don't care do you?

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[HappyMe]

26. Credit unions got bailed out too.nt

[proud2BlibKansan]

50. So customers who need access to their money are just out of luck?

Nice.

Yep fucking with the little guy sends such a powerful message.

[ronnykmarshall]

107. Yeah stick it to the working class people that need their bank

and not to mention all those people that work for the bank that have to bust their asses to fix this shit.

Yeah! All those people EVERYONE that works for a bank is a rich pig. :sarcasm:

[Make7]

24. How do you know someone messing with their website is the cause of the problem?

I have heard of large computer systems of sometimes having problems absent malicious intent from human beings.
 

[yardwork]

25. So you're cursing at people on DU? Is DU messing with the BoA site?

???

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[yardwork]

33. I'm a woman. Your OP implies that you think DUers are messing with the BoA website.

[wndycty]

35. It does? Many DUers constantly make posts where they express their outrage. . .

. . .like I did and its not directed at DUers.

[RaleighNCDUer]

28. Why do you do financial business over the internet?

One EMP, and you have no money.

If you can't conduct your business without the internet, you are too vulnerable.

[RebelOne]

55. It's easy. Pay bills, transfer money, check balances, etc. n/t

[City Lights]

31. Can you visit a branch location in person to do what you can't do online?

Might not be as convenient, but at least you'll get the money in your account.

[Xithras]

38. Depending on your account, that can cost you money.

BofA now offers accounts that have no monthly fee...if you don't use any humans for assistance. Once you walk into a branch, or call and talk to a real person, they charge you extra fees.

[wndycty]

43. There are too many self righteous folks out there who don't understand how. . .

. . .actions like hacking impact everyday people.

I know BofA's faults. . .but I shouldn't suffer from hackers just because these assholes are trying to prove something.

[City Lights]

49. It was just a suggestion.

If he can't get the job done online, it's going to cost him anyway.

And I'm aware of the manner in which banks "fee" their customers to death. We fired Chase over the summer and moved to a local credit union.

[RebelOne]

111. Why would you want to drive to the branch location

if you could do the transaction online? All the money deposited in my account is by direct deposit.

[City Lights]

114. I wouldn't.

From the OP: "I need to transfer for $$$ so to cover a check. . .but thanks to these assholes I have been unable to for about 45 minutes."

It was a suggestion to the OP in case he continued to be unable to handle the transaction online.

[TheMadMonk]

36. NEVER write a check that isn't already covered.

It's just plain asking for trouble.

AND...

The whole point of strikes, and other forms of civil disobedience is to get the attention of the general public, which unfortunately means disrupting some portion of the day to day lives of that general public.

AND #2...

You are displaying the sort of stereotypical behaviour which makes Americans less than liked, even in those parts of the world where they (or at least their wallets) are welcome.

AND #3...

Thus ^>B (Your sentiment towards the disruptors back at you, your dog and the horse you rode in on.)

[PA Democrat]

39. Call their customer service number. They should be able to

process a transfer even if their online banking system is down.

[wndycty]

42. Problem is solved. . .but while I should be mad at BofA for new fees, I am more pissed at. . .

. . .the assholes who don't realize how their fucking disruptions impact innocent people.

[Make7]

45. Bank of America website problems continue... the problems weren't the result of hacking.

A message on the homepage said that page was temporarily unavailable, and customers in New York and California had problems signing into their accounts and conducting business.

Some visitors who tried to sign onto their accounts were greeted with the message that the site was "operating slower than usual" and that the bank was working to restore service.

A spokeswoman for the bank, Tara Burke, said earlier Friday that the site had been fully restored after experiencing difficulties between 9 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Eastern. Burke was not immediately available to explain the later difficulties.

Burke declined to say why the earlier problems occurred or say how widespread they were. She said customers who couldn't sign onto their accounts still could bank via text message, at ATMs and at branches. She said the problems weren't the result of hacking.


http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hT_yct7gFq6CPWo0yo9PTjan_8Zg

[louslobbs]

61. +1

Lou

[PA Democrat]

68. Thanks, I thought I read that somewhere earlier today.

I was just about to google it.

I was going to guess it was volume related. Used to work in banking operations, and the end of the month falling on a Friday was always a recipe for slow response time or outages.

[Seedersandleechers]

47. dupe

[joeybee12]

52. The assholes are all internal,,,nice jumping to the wrong conclusion...nt

[FarCenter]

53. It looks like they have clueless customers who wait to the last day of the month to do bill pay

Bank of America Online Banking Is Down On Bill Day (UPDATED)
March 01, 2011 by Sarah Kessler

Bank of America customers are unable to log in to their online bank accounts Tuesday. The site has been slow since Monday, and sometime today made its online banking services “temporarily unavailable.”

[wndycty]

57. You mean payday?

Not necessarily clueless.

[Ichingcarpenter]

59. ''the banking giant isn’t a victim of a cyberattack"

THE BANK FUCKED UP.......

GET IT.?????


THE BANK FUCKED UP.......




NOW WHO IS THE ASSHOLE NOW?

[quakerboy]

58. How do you know it was "messed with"

Ive had issues with the BOA website as well, though not recently. They go down for maintenance. They can get overloaded if everyone tries to get in at once. Settings on your own browser can temporarily block your ability to use their website.

Was there a splash page that said "anonymous was here" or something?

[Ichingcarpenter]

60. THE ASSHOLE WHO DID THIS WAS HIS OWN BANK

LINK

http://mashable.com/2011/03/01/bank-of-america-down/

ASSHOLES AND ASSHOLES.

[Make7]

62. March 01, 2011? ( n/t )

[louslobbs]

70. Will they now take their misplaced aggression and call BOA and curse them out and then

take a moment to apologize for their behavior here?
Lou

[City Lights]

79. I'm not gonna hold my breath for that. Are you? eom

[louslobbs]

81. Hell no, I'd be dead by now lol.....n/t

Lou

[City Lights]

83. LOL!

I'm gonna give this :rofl: thread another :kick: though!

[louslobbs]

93. lol........thanks.......I love that little guy rolling around and laughing on the floor.

Lou

[sinkingfeeling]

64. Bank of America is saying it has nothing to do with hacking or attacks from anybody.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2011/09/bank-of-america-site-temporarily-down/

She added, that while the bank doesn’t comment on specific technical issues, this “had nothing to do with yesterday or hacking or anything to do with customers information being compromised.”

[City of Mills]

69. WELL I'M STILL OUTRAGED, DAMNIT!

I CAN'T USE MY SHITTY BANK'S SHITTY ONLINE WEBSITE AND I'M MAD AT THE WORLD!!!!

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[ProfessorGAC]

84. If It Was Hacking, Do You Think They'd Admit It?

I doubt it. I think the PR impact would be greater by admitting they were vulnerable to an internet hack than from "admitting" they had a server problem, or something.

I don't know the truth, but i do know enough about the banking industry to know that showing vulnerabiliity would be anathema to their public image of security.
GAC

[Lucinda]

86. My thoughts as well.

:hi:

[sinkingfeeling]

91. Well, I believe them when they say it is the result of upgrades. Been in IT for 40 years.

http://mashable.com/2011/03/01/bank-of-america-down/

Rather than being the result of a cyberattack, Burke said the problems were caused by routine upgrades made over the weekend. The slowness wasn’t reportedly affecting any particular region, but the current disrupted service seems to be widespread. We’ve heard from customers in New Jersey, Georgia, Washington, D.C., and California who can’t access their accounts.

Bank of America customers are unable to log in to their online bank accounts Tuesday. The site has been slow since Monday, and sometime today made its online banking services “temporarily unavailable.”

Update: One Mashable reader found a work-around. From the Bank of America homepage, click on “Small Businesses.” From there, it seems even personal-banking users can log in and access their accounts.

[Cal Carpenter]

67. Interesting assumption you make

Rather than assuming it is the fault of the big behemoth greed-monster flaking out on on their customers by not keeping the website running, you blame some invisible other entity.

See how easily we default to defending the ruling class, banks and the corporations without even meaning to?

eta: also, considering the concentrated wealth and power held by that bank, if they can't protect their website that is on them, not some imaginary troublemaker who can outsmart it...

[girl gone mad]

71. Bank of America's own incompetence is to blame.

Looks like Bank of America is the group messing with your life.

Thanks to "these assholes" at Bank of America your day was ruined. Maybe consider taking your business elsewhere.

[dixiegrrrrl]

87. *snort* !!

:evilgrin:

[Lizzie Poppet]

105. FFS, please change your avatar...

...because that was one of the most fuckwitted "arguments" I've ever read here. I guess women who wear short skirts cause their own rapes, too, right?

[LAGC]

112. Sounds like the bank raped itself.

Looks like it was B-of-A's own fault for the downtime. (See down-thread.)

Guess that's what you get banking at some huge faceless mega-corp with too many customers and the bank trying to cut corners on equipment, not able to handle the load.

:rofl:

[girl gone mad]

113. You're comparing a website outage to rape?

Really?

Speaking of "fuckwitted".

[City Lights]

73. Uh oh, looks like someone has egg on his face. eom

[LoZoccolo]

88. Would that also be true of everyone here who was cheering in support of this "action"?

[City Lights]

90. LoZ!

:pals: Haven't seen you in awhile! How'ya been?

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

120. I'd think they are laughing even harder now (n/m)

[FSogol]

74. This thread is a good example of my the anti-corporate movement will never go anywhere.

People love THEIR corporations.

Nike, Apple, Netflix, BOA, HGTV, Food Network, etc, etc.

[Cal Carpenter]

78. For real. The rush to defend one of the worst corps out there is appalling

People who are wrongfully (or even technically 'rightfully) evicted and foreclosed from, they know what fucking inconvenience is.

This isn't even a case of hacking from what I can tell yet the ASSUMPTION that it must be those troublemaking rabble causing the problem rather than the blinded-by-profit behemoth bank just fucking up customer service is a symptom of a serious illness in our nation.

[ProfessorGAC]

85. It Also Might Be That. . .

. . .many feel that being radically anti-corporate is tilting at Windmills. I'm one of them. I support incremental regulations to rein in excessive size, but just expecting radical change in a hurry is quixotic.
GAC

[tkmorris]

94. You have a point, but...

Without hordes of people out there tilting at those windmills that incremental change is unlikely to occur. True, they expect more than they are ever going to get but they DO have an effect I think.

[Aerows]

99. And democracy states that you are welcome to that belief

Democracy also states that there are a lot of people who disagree with you, fervently, and if you want to get people on your side of the argument, you need to start working on it.

"I don't like this" isn't Democracy. "I don't like this" in numbers IS Democracy in action.

[Lance_Boyle]

89. There's a phone number for that.

You're not "unable" to do jack. You're unwilling to solve your own problem and would rather bitch online about how your preferred method temporarily doesn't work. Boo (expletive) hoo for you.

[Aerows]

97. I sympathize with your plight

but you really should move your money. Now that you know B O A is unstable, that would be the educated choice.

I'm not siding with the people attacking BoA, just stating reality. Reality gets stated all of the time, and usually, it's in favor of the monoliths. I would hope that you choose not to get crushed by the monoliths and choose to do your banking business with someone else. :)

[Javaman]

100. Oh I get it now!

it's only a problem when the corporation you support has a problem.

but fuck off all the others.

Ahh I see.

As long as you completely disregard all of the glaring facts regarding BoA which has been part of the over arching problems in the country, everything is A-Okay!

I guess we all sleep with a devil of one kind or another, but please don't get angry when the corporation you choose to deal with overtly screws over people suddenly gets payback from those it has screwed.

It's comically unattractive.

[Blue_Tires]

102. It could have just been a glitch or whatever...

Trust me, if someone hacked BOA, they would be letting everybody know...

[Harmony Blue]

103. Denial of service can happen

when multiple customers go to the site all at once in a short period of time. It doesn't have to be a planned group to do this, and really BoA shoulders the blame for poor service.

[Aerows]

106. It does, plain and simple

If BoA can't keep a level of service, it's BoA's problem.

[Modern_Matthew]

108. Trying to muster up a fuck... nope, can't do it. KEEP IT UP, HACKTIVISTS! nt

[yardwork]

115. call congress right fucking now

[Coexist]

116. you made me laugh really hard

good times. I haven't seen a "casting asparagus" "get a brain morans"/ "obama is a muslin" thread in awhile.

[yardwork]

118. I saw a muslin reference recently. I miss "we're screwn."

[Coexist]

121. lol. me too

[Lucian]

119. Um, don't keep your money with a bunch of crooks.

It's that simple.

I can manage to bank with a local credit union with no problems.