US Army Goes All-in on Windows 10 As WannaCry Infects More High-Profile Targets

The United States Department of Defense (US DoD) is moving 4 million computers to Windows 10 and now completing the massive transition by the end of the year has become a priority, especially with all the news concerning malware that’s going after high-profile targets.

John Zangardi, acting chief information officer at the Defense Department, said recently that the US DoD wants all systems to be on Windows 10 by December 31, citing “reducing the cyber attacks” as one of the objectives following the system upgrade.

“The objective is to be done and in our networks by the end of this calendar year,” Zangardi was quoted as saying.

The transition to Windows 10, however, has hit several roadblocks since the original announcement, mostly because some departments had to deal with issues like hardware upgrade and compatibility problems with a number of t...