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[XenaLives]

You and your brokerage - an archive of a real 2004 incident with TDA.

XenaLives Member Level
Thursday, October 07, 2004 2:32:48 PM
Who is you ISP?

call them and have them see if they can get onto ameritrade.

Found an IP level problem on my IP's server - they can't access ameritrade.com or freetrade.com but they are the only domains affected.

I have also made contact with someone in the SEC so if you find this sort of problem, please contacte me IMMEDIATELY.

Thanks,
Paula

XenaLives Member Level
Thursday, October 07, 2004 2:51:44 PM
Zeev, I'm VERY concerned.

My ISP found that their server had been selectively blocked from ameritrade and freetrade.com.

Have you heard any other reports of this?

Am concerned that it could be a dress rehearsal for something bigger in the terrorist and market manipulation area.

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rpt Member Level
Thursday, October 07, 2004 3:09:43 PM
Paula
Call Ameritrade... They have a great support staff...Sounds more like you need to up date or reinstall your cookies.

That's what I had to do when I couldn't access my Streamer.And they walked me right through it..

RPT

XenaLives Member Level
Thursday, October 07, 2004 3:12:08 PM
No, have been in contact with ameritrade mgmt. It is a DNS issue and much more widespread.

This issue was reported by me personally to TDA management, and the FBI, the issue was not reported on by the WSJ, a message board contact gave me a numeric IP address that enabled me to abandon my portfolio before it was completely wiped out.

This all happened on a Friday afternoon. A DNS attack followed by massive shorting that wiped out millions in retail investment. All TDA had to do was broadcast the numeric address to all of their clients and they could have continued to trade .. but they didn't.

I found a test of this DNS blocking program a couple of months prior to all of was tested on an internet provider in California.

.... and now you know why I don't trust my broker with any data that I don't have to give them - like my Think or Get Sunk ideas.