67 failures blamed on bug

London - The millennium bug caused just 67 significant computer failures across the world in the first week of the new year, …

London - The millennium bug caused just 67 significant computer failures across the world in the first week of the new year, according to figures released yesterday.

The bug count was collated by the Year 2000 Research Centre set up by accountants KPMG and the British Bankers' Association. The glitches ranged from failures reported at US power stations to problems with Internet music systems.