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Get A Free Trojan With Your Hard Drive
John Stith
Staff Writer
2005-11-29
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"Have you seen a pack of Trojans? Nope. I just ran out." In a move of complete and utter brilliance, Japanese hard drive maker I-O Data shipped their portable hard drive HDP-U series complete with a Trojan, namely the Tompai-A. They should've used protection.
The report surface last week as the company attempted to make amends for its mistakes. The company has apologized and is offering exchanges for the infected products. The theory behind this error is one of the developers for the driver software ended up with the virus on his machine and it contaminated the drivers and then the hard drive itself.
The products affected include the range of serial numbers: 4957180059693 HDP-U40 YBS0000001xx - YBS0005520xx; 4957180059709 HDP-U60 YBT0000001xx - YBT0001000xx; and 4957180059716 HDP-U80 YBV0000001xx - YBV0002480xx.
Believe it or not, this isn't the first time this has happened. Major companies like IBM, Dell and HP have all been caught with the pants down so to speak and ended up with a virus of some kind.
Channel Register recounted Dell's problems in Ireland back in 1999. The computer company was forced to shutdown their PC assembly lines in Limerick when they thought their computers were going out with the FunLove virus.
About the Author:
John is a staff writer for SecurityProNews covering cyber security.
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