In message <[log in to unmask]>, at 08:09:09
on Tue, 1 Feb 2011, Ibrahim Hasan <[log in to unmask]> writes
>Microsoft has issued a "critical" warning over a newly-discovered flaw
>in Windows.
>
>In a security advisory, the company warned of a loophole that could be
>used by malicious hackers to steal private information or hijack
>computers.
>
>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12325139
>
>If an organisation continues to use windows without installing the bug
>fix and has its systems hacked into/personal information compromised I
>wonder if the ICO would go straight to issuing a fine?
And you could take it one stage further, because Microsoft don't seem to
have a patch for Windows 2000, is it now "illegal" to still be running
that version?
--
Roland Perry
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