Re: A virus too big to fail?

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>]

On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 9:20 PM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon &
Hannah <rmslade () shaw ca> wrote:
> ...
> http://gizmodo.com/government-destroys-170k-of-hardware-in-absurd-effort-
> 708412225
>
> or
>
> http://is.gd/NHkmo3
>
> "In December 2011 the Economic Development Administration (an agency under
> the US Department of Commerce) was notified by the Department of Homeland
> Security that it had a malware infection spreading around its network.
>
> "They isolated their department's hardware from other government networks, cut
> off employee email, hired an outside security contractor, and started
> systematically destroying $170,000 worth of computers, cameras, mice, etc."
>
> The only reason they *stopped* destroying computer equipment and devices was
> because they ran out of money.  For the destruction process.
We need to know happened behind the scenes: perhaps they used the
incident for a hardware refresh.

Jeff
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