Not only will you save on rent, but when you work from home you also save money on furniture, software, transportation, Internet access, phones, cleaning costs, and office supplies.

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The spy program is a sophisticated rootkit designed to steal data from SCADA networks, the type of software that control energy utilities, transportation, and other vital systems.

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Industries from transportation to product packaging to retail analytics software would feel the impact immediately.

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Unknown hackers, perhaps a world away, had inserted malicious software into the computer networks of private-sector companies that operate most of our transportation, water and other critical infrastructure systems.

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