The British government and armed forces are to continue their widespread use of the version of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser that was attacked by Chinese hackers who broke into Google’s corporate network – even though both the French and German governments have advised people to stop using it.

The Cabinet Office, which oversees the deployment of computers in government, said today that “it doesn’t think the issue [of being open to hacking] would be resolved any better by going elsewhere”.

Originally found on The Guardian site… read the story in full here UK ignores fears over Internet Explorer despite French and German warnings | Technology | guardian.co.uk.

Posted by Dave Haygarth on Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 in Internet trends.
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browser, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Security