The New HMS Queen Elizabeth could be vulnerable to cyber-attack

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    "HMS Queen Elizabeth could be vulnerable to cyber-attack

    Royal Navy £3.5bn carrier appears to be running Windows XP, the operating system targeted in NHS ransomware attack

    Britain’s new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, which has left the Rosyth dockyard, could be vulnerable to a cyber-attack as it appears to be using the same outdated system that left the NHS exposed.

    During a tour of the carrier, screens were spotted using what appeared to be the outdated 2001 Windows XP operating system...

    Questions have also been raised about the vulnerability of the UK’s new Trident nuclear submarine system..."

    https://www.theguardian.com/technol...-elizabeth-royal-navy-vulnerable-cyber-attack...
     
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