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Employees of the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency, which develops and tests the military's missile systems, were warned to stop browsing porn at work in a strongly?worded memo, Bloomberg reports.
Out of 8,000 employees, six were accused of "accessing websites, or transmitting messages, containing pornographic or sexually explicit images" using the MDA network, said a?July 27 memo from the agency's executive director, John James Jr.
He cited misuse of the employees' and contractors' time, and violation of regulations, and also suggested the porn sites were potentially dangerous and could compromise the network. A study recently found that such sites are in fact often safer than personal sites, but apparently the sites in question "were?known to have had virus and malware issues," according to an email sent to Bloomberg by an agency spokesman.
While employees may not agree with the director's risk assessment, they are probably less likely to visit such sites after this reminder that their Internet browsing is being closely monitored. The accused have not yet been disciplined, but may lose their clearance or even their jobs.
Devin Coldewey is a contributing writer for NBC News Digital. His personal website is coldewey.cc.
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