Malicious users did deface some Web sites, but no more or less than usual according to Attrition.org, which logs Web defacements. British Rail repaired the site almost immediately. The National Y2K Center of Japan survived an unsuccessful attempt by hackers to break into its computer system. So far, it looks like money well spent. Some problems may show up as financial markets and businesses open over the next three days, while other problems may not be found for months.
Officials say it had no operational impact.
Several hundred slot machines shut down at a Delaware horse track. The problem was quickly fixed in most of the machines. Taxi meters broke down in a China province. A Y2K glitch in Japan caused vending machines for prepaid train cards to stop working briefly in 13 stations. Several Web sites had problems, including forecasting maps at the official U.S. Naval Observatory time site, the French weather service, and a Star Trek site.