Exchanges built on top of it also had severe security vulnerabilities.
And while a flaw that may crash a desktop PC is an irritation, a flaw in a program on the Internet could have severe economic or security consequences.
Over time, the risks associated with this shift toward a global economic non-order could have severe adverse effects on geopolitics and national security.
The prison breaks have embarrassed the government of Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin, which has put domestic security at the top of its legislative agenda, and are forcing the government to rethink security in French prisons, which have severe overcrowding.
High-security hospitals treat patients who have committed serious offences, have severe psychiatric conditions, and therefore pose the highest level of risk to others such that they cannot be managed in other security settings.
The new Order Regarding Prevention of Infiltration and Order Regarding Security Provisions, which comes into force on Tuesday have "severe ramifications," the rights groups say.
"We have severe disagreements.
I have severe cerebral palsy.
However, computers have severe limits.
