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January 24, 2021 03:00 pm GMT
Original Link: https://boingboing.net/2021/01/24/chinese-railway-station-knocked-offline-when-flash-stops-being-supported.html
Chinese railway station knocked offline when Flash stops being supported
The railway depot in the city of Dalian, China, was thrown into chaos on Jan. 12 when Adobe triggered a kill-switch to end its support of Flash. It turns out … it was critical for a bunch of their systems!
However, the techs who run IT for the station appeared to have quite a sense of humor about it, though, because as they scrambled to revert to an earlier version of Flash, they posted real-time WeChat updates about their struggle — "in the style of a military thriller, written with all the self-awareness of Dwight from 'The Office'," as David Cohen and Yue Sun quipped on Technode. — Read the rest
Original Link: https://boingboing.net/2021/01/24/chinese-railway-station-knocked-offline-when-flash-stops-being-supported.html
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