Nuclear power plant secrets leaked by computer virus

Nuclear power plant secrets leaked by computer virus, Sophos reports: "According to the Japanese press, approximately 40MB of confidential reports, related to nuclear power plant inspections over several years, was leaked from a virus-infected computer belonging to an employee of the Mitsubishi Electric Plant Engineering (MPE). The data is said to have been distributed to users of the Winny peer-to-peer file-sharing system. Winny is the most popular file-sharing network in Japan, with over a quarter of a million users."

Prime example of why a great deal of care should be taken when remotely accessing company data.