Wednesday, October 22, 2008
A Swedish minister has resigned after being held responsible for downloading porn which infected the order's network with a computer virus.
English-language paper the Local reported that the clergyman has admitted to spending "a lot" of his time downloading illicit material while at work.
"Priests are people too," Archbishop Anders Wejryd told Swedish paper the Metro.
"But I have no understanding at all for someone sitting and surfing for porn on the parish computers."
Meanwhile, church spokesperson Charlotta Novosel confirmed that the clergyman had decided to resign as a result of the incident.
Here in the US, PalmBeachPost.com last month reported that cops in Palm Beach, Florida were caught out by a computer virus which compromised network security at the department.
City spokesperson Roseann Brown told the website that the virus - which was spread via porn software - could only have originated from one terminal used solely by the K-9 unit.
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