[41443] in bugtraq
Re: What is wrong with these people?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Shockley)
Thu Dec 1 09:07:51 2005
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Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 20:43:07 -0500
From: Steve Shockley <steve.shockley@shockley.net>
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Cc: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu>
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Paul Schmehl wrote:
> <http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/#00000723>
>
> Here's an interesting one. Peripherals manufacturer I-O Data has shipped
> a series of nice-looking portable hard drives in the 40GB to 120GB range
> - carrying the Backdoor.Win32.Tompai trojan on them.
>
> You would think Sony's mistake would wake manufacturers up.
I: http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/13.07.html#subj2
Doubt: http://www.dgl.com/dglinfo/1996/dg961023.html
It: http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Print.cfm?ArticleID=25672
Sony's release was intentional; at least the others are (most likely)
mistakes.
