By Jo Best
Published: Tuesday 18 November 2008
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This story doesn't surprise me at all. At most NHS sites, staff use USB data keys to transfer documents, Virus protection is out of date (old application versions, rather than definitions) and therefore cannot cope with new attack techniques. Internet browsing is not adequately controlled (a lot of machines have adware).
I wonder if other government departments are like that ?
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