RE: Y2K trojans, and outsourcing...

[sean.kelly () lanston com]

> From: Shappard, Richard, A (Rich) [mailto:rashappard () att com]
>
>
> The only Trojans that the reporters at NBC know anything 
> about come in foil
> packages.  If you rely on the lamestream media for your 
> technology news
> you're in deep trouble.
>
> Did they happen to provide any references to this rumor?

No, though they should have said that they got the idea surfing the net :)
This was mentioned on a number of news-related websites late last week.  You
might want to check http://www.wired.com/news I beleive they had a blurb on
it.  Ultimately, there was no evidence to back it up, just the generalized
fear that consultants hired to make Y2k mods to software for, say, financial
insititions, might surreptitiously code a backdoor in the program.
Basically, it was a "there's no way we can be sure they didn't do it"
argument.

Sean