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Sweden's military has told a newswire that its servers were used in a 2012/2013 attack on American banks. The report from Agence France Presse (AFP) quotes military spokesperson Mikael Abramsson, who told the agency, "The hacking attack was a kind of wake-up call for us and forced us to take very specific security steps to …

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  1. David Roberts
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    Were the very specific steps..

    ..to shoot the human who made the error?

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  2. Winkypop Silver badge
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    Swedish servers?

    Bork, bork, borked.....

    No Swedish Chef icon?

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  3. Paul Johnston
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    Get Wallander on the case!

    Problems with the Firewall anyone?

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  4. A Non e-mouse Silver badge
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    The military has since taken unspecified measures to improve the security of its machines

    They've patched their servers.

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    1. Pascal Monett Silver badge
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      And turned on the Windows Firewall

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  5. Stevie

    Bah!

    Well that's what happens when you run Ikea's Böx without a copy of Firewåll on it.

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