Trojan-infected Maxtor drives upload data to Beijing

[WrigleyVillain]

A shipment of Maxtor external HDDs, produced in Thailand by US-based Seagate and sold in Taiwan, has been found to be infected with Autorun trojans designed to gather sensitive data from machines connected to the storage devices. According to local reports, the Taiwanese government suspects Chinese involvement, as the devices are commonly used in government operations to provide data storage. Large amounts of sensitive government data are thought to have been harvested and passed on to web-sites based in China.


http://www.hqlaptops.com/hard-drives/infected-seagate-hard-drives

[Shintai]

I´m just curious...

How did this original source:
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/11/12/2003387447

Become:


Taiwanese government suspects Chinese involvement, as the devices are commonly used in government operations to provide data storage. Large amounts of sensitive government data are thought to have been harvested and passed on to web-sites based in China.

Gotta love a rewrite of actual facts...

[WrigleyVillain]

While I of course can't vouch for the source or truthfulness of any information in the article I referenced, just because something is in the Taipei Times doesn't make it any more or less credible than some blog. Or that they included the whole story. Some would say it's definitely less credible. :rolleyes: :p:

[vitaminc]

While I of course can't vouch for the source or truthfulness of any information in the article I referenced, just because something is in the Taipei Times doesn't make it any more or less credible than some blog. Or that they included the whole story. Some would say it's definitely less credible. :rolleyes: :p:

Anything coming from Taiwan regarding China should be taken with a grain of salt. The two states (or a province vs. state) ain't exactly happy with each other politically.