German ministry replaced brand new PCs infected with Conficker worm, rather than disinfect them
After computers in Germany became infected with the notorious Conficker worm, 170 of them were disposed of and replaced with new equipment at the taxpayers’ expense.
Wouldn’t it have been easier (and cheaper) to have wiped the drives and restored from a backup?
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