On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 9:20 PM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah <[email protected]> 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.
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