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Second ECB outage validates DORA's focus on software resilience
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Fusion42 · 8 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
The ECB's second T2 payment system outage in a week, caused by a faulty software update, underscores the regulatory priority shift toward software resilience under DORA. European supervisors are moving from compliance documentation to active testing and operational validation of critical financial infrastructure resilience.
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DORA supervision is transitioning from documentation compliance to active threat-led penetration testing and operational resilience validation; fintech founders serving European financial institutions must now demonstrate recovery capability under realistic failure scenarios, not just security checkboxes.
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