JMH
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Let's say you work for a government agency and it becomes apparent that many computers on your network may be infected with some malware. What do you do? Well, if you're the Economic Development Administration, you cut your network off from the rest of the world, hire an outside security contractor, and then physically destroy $170,500 worth of equipment.
Peter Bright brought us the whole story in US agency baffled by modern technology, destroys mice to get rid of viruses. Naturally, this kind of knee-jerk reaction baffled and astounded many of our readers. "Dammit. I'm searching for an appropriate facepalm pic, but there are so many and none are adequate for this," Caedus wrote. LigerRed also sought to forcefully apply face to object in an expression of frustration. "I literally just facedesked," Red wrote.
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