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MOD battles with computer virus

The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) has been put on the receiving end of online threats after its systems were infected by a virus that has since spread through its systems, reports say.

Royal Air Force and Royal Navy computers as well as others throughout the MOD have apparently been affected by the internet security threat, which started on January 6th.

The virus affecting email and internet access has however not affected any critical military systems, according to a spokesperson for the MOD.

"Obviously with a computer system of our size we are fighting off viruses daily, but not of this scale," she said. "I don't think we've ever had an instance like this before.

"The reason why so many people are without their computers is because we've turned them off rather than they've been wiped or destroyed by this virus."

Viruses have in recent times managed to gain access to very exclusive networks with one managing to hitch a ride to space on NASA computers a few weeks back.

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