Ctrl Alt Delete - UK aircraft carrier runs on Windows XP, vulnerable to cyberattack
n May, a massive cyberattack struck the National Health Service (NHS), which also uses the software.
During a press visit to the 65,000-tonne carrier ahead of her test launch on Monday, journalists from the Times noticed the software was in use.
“If XP is for operational use, it is extremely risky,” Professor Alan Woodward, an IT expert at the University of Surrey, told the Times.
“Why would you put an obsolete system in a new vessel that has a lifetime of decades?”
One defense source, who told the paper the system would be refitted when the second carrier, HMS Prince of Wales, was launched in 2026, said: “Just think about the difference between year 2000 desktops compared with modern units.”
The Navy defended the presence of the ageing system, which has not received Microsoft security updates for many years.
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Permalink Reply by DTOM on
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Who the hell thought it a good idea to use a commercial OS rather than a proprietary one in military systems?
Why does the UK need an aircraft carrier (bullet / nuke magnet)?
The Royal Navy are doing squat to defend Britain from invasion as it is...
Oh, but all of these are intentional...
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Permalink Reply by Central Scrutinizer on
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Yikes, XP??, somebody may steal an MP3 or doc from ya....
Ya....you better upgrade to that new & improved OS,... "WinBlows 10",... then one can practically remote steer the vessel to wherever ya want to take it to .....
I echo DTOM's sentiments here...nobody in the navy have enough brains to design an OS customized JUST FOR this floating behemoth?? ...or do they simply have to have their spider solitaire & MS Paint???
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Permalink Reply by Ken Oath on
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You think thats funny? So do the Nuclear armed submarines and last time they test fired a rocket the fucking cunt of a thing went the wrong way lol DAMN!! Trivia alert: I went to school in england wit this guy called rex cox he now runs a warship, i was in the lower forms he was in there with me, i googled the cunt and there he is with michael fallon small world
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