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Unisys Investigated For Covering Up Cyber-Attacks

Stony Stevenson writes "Unisys, a major government IT contractor, is reportedly being investigated for failing to detect cyber-attacks, and then covering up its failings. Two US congressmen have called for an investigation into cyber-attacks aimed at the... ...full story at slashdot

from slashdot on Tue, Sep 25 2007

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