2016 Bug Hits Text Messages, Payment Processing

2016 Bug Hits Text Messages, Payment Processing

Source: http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/01/03/1312209/2016-Bug-Hits-Text-Messages-Payment-Processing

Posted by Soulskill  on Sunday January 03, @09:01AM
from the y2k16-has-more-characters-than-2016 dept.

An anonymous reader writes "It seems some systems are suffering from a Y2K16 bug.
When 2009 ticked over to 2010, some Australian EFTPOS machines skipped to the year 2016.
Coincidentally, some Windows Mobile users are also having issues with their new year SMSes coming from 2016.
What function could cause this kind of error?"


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That problem has been occurred in South Korea here too. ^^; lol

Article: LG전자, 휴대폰 문자메시지 '오류' 발생
Source: http://www.zdnet.co.kr/Contents/2010/01/02/zdnet20100102220431.htm

this means,
you've got SMS on 0 o'clock January, 1st 2010 then '2010' will be displayed as '2016'.
my mobile phone also has been occurred... shit !!!

LG Telecom supports patching this bug in there official web site

LGT Apologizes:
http://www.cyon.co.kr/lgcyon/pop/20100103/20100103_sorry.html

LGT Patch Software:
http://www.cyon.co.kr/lgcyon/pop/20100101/pop_sms_20100101.html


Cheers,
June