(B) Unexpected single point of failure (like a critical piece of hardware) and they need to rush-order a replacement.
(C) They can't identify the cause. (Doubtful.)
or
(D) Cascading failure. When they fix one thing, something else takes them down. Like a large queue of pending jobs that floods and crashes them when they come back up.
On one hand, I'm glad I don't depend on Square for purchases.
On the other hand, who's to say that my own payment provider can't have this same kind of problem?
(A) Ransomware or DDoS.
(B) Unexpected single point of failure (like a critical piece of hardware) and they need to rush-order a replacement.
(C) They can't identify the cause. (Doubtful.)
or
(D) Cascading failure. When they fix one thing, something else takes them down. Like a large queue of pending jobs that floods and crashes them when they come back up.
On one hand, I'm glad I don't depend on Square for purchases.
On the other hand, who's to say that my own payment provider can't have this same kind of problem?