Oops! Techie wipes out $38 billion fund

[Mayhem]

JUNEAU, Alaska - Perhaps you know that sinking feeling when a single keystroke accidentally destroys hours of work. Now imagine wiping out a disk drive containing an account worth $38 billion.

That's what happened to a computer technician reformatting a disk drive at the Alaska Department of Revenue. While doing routine maintenance work, the technician accidentally deleted applicant information for an oil-funded account — one of Alaska residents' biggest perks — and mistakenly reformatted the backup drive, as well.

There was still hope, until the department discovered its third line of defense, backup tapes, were unreadable.

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[Ms.Behavin]

Wasn't me  :((

[swamp]

 :o <:> :##

[gator8_24]

bet there was a lot of shouting and loss of sleep up there! !@#$

[swamp]

i bet there was a lot of   :[ :{: (O+O) going around there :##

[vasunlover]

 :o  :{:

[Monkey]

 :ooo

:)) :))

[catlover]

and i bet alot of :OO :" :{: ::   :)))

[S/H/Z/G]

Bookeeping?  ::)

[bluebell1us]

bet he was in a  :=

[Ilovemyweims]

Ill bet he got fired!!

[swamp]

i bet his/her boss said :%# :[ :{: no raise this year  :)))

[viveeee]

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