[Gllug] "Wrong software" installed on to desktop PC's causes crash

[Tethys]

Chris Bell writes:

>   It seems that the Benefits Agency computer system crashed on Monday
>because the "wrong software" was installed on desktop PC's over the weekend.
>I wonder whether it was an accidental problem or the result of an attack?

I was more wondering why they've employed IT staff that can't keep desktops
and production systems suitably isolated from each other. You should be
able to totally destroy your desktop systems without affecting anything
that holds customer/public data. Anything else is bordering on negligence.

Tet
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