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Virus Infection Hits UK's Ministry of Defense, Including Warships

Posted by timothy on from the but-not-windows-for-warships-per-se dept.

Retrovirus writes with a link to a Register story which says that the UK's "Ministry of Defence confirmed today that it has suffered virus infections which have shut down 'a small number' of MoD systems, most notably including admin networks aboard Royal Navy warships."

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  1. Re:Virus? in such a critical environment? by timmarhy · · Score: 1, Troll

    no where did it say it was windows, in fact it says the mail servers were supplied by Fujitsu so it's most likely linux. so all you retards crowing about windows being insecure should eat your words.

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