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
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