Riot-fuelled DoS attack sparks email upgrade at West Midlands Police

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Force accelerates email upgrade as part of wider plan to improve information management

West Midlands Police has completed an multi-million-pound upgrade to its core email system, a project that was fast-tracked after a denial-of-service (DoS) attack linked to the summer riots cripple...

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