US agency baffled by modern technology, destroys mice to get rid of viruses

EDA’s CIO, fearing that the agency was under attack from a nation-state, insisted instead on a policy of physical destruction. The EDA destroyed not only (uninfected) desktop computers but also printers, cameras, keyboards, and even mice. The destruction only stopped—sparing $3 million of equipment—because the agency had run out of money to pay for destroying the hardware.

via US agency baffled by modern technology, destroys mice to get rid of viruses | Ars Technica.

And you want these people in charge of economic development?