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Re: This crap needs to stop
From: Nick FitzGerald <nick () virus-l demon co uk>
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 11:25:32 +1300
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. They should be roasted just as Sony was for their backdoor DRM "technology". Twits.
Yep -- yet another of a loooong, sad line of clueless techies dabbling in something they don't understand, resulting in a terrible mess (but hey -- MS has been doing it for years and years, so why not everyone elese?). Anyway, on a more serious note, from I-O Data's (USA) home page: http://www.iodata.com/ Welcome to I-O DATA DEVICE, INC. I-O DATA DEVICE, INC. is a top manufacturer and provider of high- quality computer peripherals and interface products, representing the finest technology Japan offers. Publicly listed in Japan, we're found globally with 11 sales offices, over 5000 retail stores, and 5 international group companies. We're also ISO9001/14001 Certified. We invite you to experience our ability to think beyond convention. I guess putting Trojans among the software shipped on your external HDDs is "thinking beyond convention", so I'm glad the company has ISO9001-validated processes in place to ensure the quality of delivery of this non-conventional product feature... Elsewhere the site touts the "Japanese Quality Control" of its products, so maybe it really _was_ intentional... 8-) Reminds me of an old joke... What are the three scariest things in IT support? A user with a clever new idea. A developer with a screwdriver. And a hardware tech with some neat new software. This case probably falls into the last of those, disastrously combined with a company with no systems or software smarts... Regards, Nick FitzGerald _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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