Human Error caused massive upgrade failure

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EDS reports that human error took out 40,000 computers in the UK Department of Work and Pensions the week of November 22nd. EDS was attempting an upgrade to Windows XP and the push was inadvertantly deployed to more systems than intended.

Availability. One of the keys of computer security. Human error, an oft overlooked cause of Information Security problems.

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