Software SNAFU has cyberwar implications

[Remo Cornali <remo.cornali () alice it>]

   Software SNAFU took out 10,000 military geo locators

Receiver upgrade gone bad

As many as 10,000 global positioning system receivers were rendered 
useless for days as a result of a software upgrade in January that 
didn't go well, the Associated Press reports.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/02/gps_military_snafu/

Ciao!
    Remo

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