Target stores down

Mon Jun 17 16:42:07 UTC 2019

Check the date on this:
https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/10563581?__twitter_impression=true

Could it be they had an expired cert?

Thanks,
Scott Fisher

On 6/15/19 7:49 PM, frnkblk at iname.com wrote:
> According to the news, sales associates can complete transactions using
> their (very small) handheld units.
> 
> Frank
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NANOG <nanog-bounces at nanog.org> On Behalf Of Jared Mauch
> Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2019 4:27 PM
> To: Andy Ringsmuth <andy at andyring.com>
> Cc: NANOG <nanog at nanog.org>
> Subject: Re: Target stores down
> 
> I know what I was told and what I observed in store.
> 
> They said network issue but it looked more like application/database issue.
> 
> When they would Scan an item it would not stay scanned. It would delete
> itself and provide an error (likely when it was recording the inventory
> debit)
> 
> They would then manually enter the price and if it was taxable or not.
> 
> It impacted all their POS terminals. Sometimes it would scan and sometimes
> not.
> 
> There is a mini story here about workflow and software improvement for this
> exception path handling. Either way. Looked more like database and other
> software issue than actual network issue.
> 
> Expect inventory to be messed up for a few weeks as a result.
> 
> Sent from my iCar
> 
>> On Jun 15, 2019, at 4:04 PM, Andy Ringsmuth <andy at andyring.com> wrote:
>>
>> Curious if anyone knows what happened (or is still happening) with the
> global outage of POS systems at Target stores.
>>
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>> Andy Ringsmuth
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>> andy at andyring.com
> 
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