The Capital One Blackout: A Feature, Not a Bug By 1 PM on Thursday, nearly 1,700 outages related to Capital One had been reported, according to Downdetector. Customers took to social media in a panic—paychecks missing, payments blocked, access to funds denied. And what did Capital One have to say? A PR-scripted tweet: "We know it’s important to have your money when you need it, so we apologize for any inconvenience this is causing." Translation: Oops, our bad. Sit tight while we decide when you can access your own money again. A "Third-Party Vendor" or the Perfect Excuse? The bank blames a "third-party vendor"—but who, exactly? Why is there no transparency? Because when the system fails, they always have a…
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