A Post Office whistleblower has claimed that branch accounts could be changed remotely without postmasters’ knowledge as early as 2001.
The former employee, who worked in a call centre in Yorkshire during the 2000s, said that their helpdesk team had the power to edit cash and stock on live terminals running the Horizon IT system.
“You could go into their cash and adjust it, or wipe their cash off completely,” the source said. “You could go into their stock declaration and add 500 stamps on, or take 500 off. We wouldn’t do it, but if somebody wanted to muck them around, you could do it.
IBM reached a settlement with the federal government on Friday, agreeing to pay roughly $17 million to resolve allegations of illegal diversity, equity and inclusion practices. Acting Attorney Gen...