An alert reader sent me this note. I have not independently confirmed it. /tvb
======== On December 31, 2016, in Montreal Québec, the municipal police/FD radio communications went into a total shutdown for over 55 minutes. The $74 million digital-encrypted SERAM radio communications system developed by Airbus DS suddenly went down preventing communications between the 9-1-1 central dispatch and patrolmen on the field. After investigation, the problem has been finally found: the system engineers forgot to take into account the "unexpected" leap second that occurred on Dec 31 2016 at 23:59:60 !!!! Source (in French): http://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2017/01/04/exclusif--faille-de-securite-majeure-au-nouvel-an ======== _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
