Police caught red-handed with illegal software

British police force computer systems are to be checked for illegal software in plans announced by junior Home Office minister Lord Bassam.

By Chris Holbrook, 19 December 2000 15:49

NEWS Bassam pronounced in parliament yesterday that the Association of Police Chief Officers will audit a sample of police IT equipment, checking for the widely distributed counterfeit Microsoft software. Concern has arisen from software provided by one particular supplier to the force.

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