State worker cleared on child porn charges that were due to malw...

Courtesy CNET Tech blog  Tue, 06/17/2008 - 12:55pm

Evidence shows a fired worker's agency-issued laptop was riddled with malware, including software that slyly visited child porn sites.



 

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