DON'T SKIMP: Workers checking the storage tanks of radiation-contaminated water at tsunami-crippled Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Okuma, Fukushima. Japan
TOKYO: Embattled Tokyo Electric Power, the operator of Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, has been slammed by an independent auditing watchdog for skimping on its computer network.
Facing multi-billion dollar cleanup and compensation bills, TEPCO figured it could save a few yen by delaying an upgrade to its outdated Windows XP operating system.
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