FYI: Reliance on Microsoft Called Risk to U.S. Security ???

[Theodoros Karounos <T [ dot ] Karounos [ at ] infosoc [ dot ] gr>]

Technology News
Thursday, Sept. 25, 2003 
Reliance on Microsoft Called Risk to U.S. Security
                     
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Computer security experts issued a joint report on Wednesday
saying that the ubiquitous reach of  Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT.O) software on
desktops worldwide has made computer networks a national security risk
susceptible to "massive, cascading failures."

The report, unveiled at the Computer & Communications Industry Association's
meeting of industry leaders and government officials in Washington, D.C., saying
that Microsoft is now the number one target for malicious computer virus
writers. The report's authors told CCIA -- which is funded by Microsoft rivals
-- that the software's complexity has made it particularly vulnerable to
attacks.

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