Hard Drive Trojan

Now this is interesting.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9046424&intsrc=hm_list">Maxtor drives contain password-stealing Trojans</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Seagate Technology LLC has shipped Maxtor disk drives that contain Trojan horses that upload data to a pair of Chinese Web sites, the Taiwanese government's security service warned this weekend.<br />n<br />nThe Investigation Bureau, a part of the Ministry of Justice that's responsible for both internal security and foreign threats, said it suspected mainland China's authorities were responsible for planting the malware on the drives at the factory. "The bureau said that the method of attack was unusual, adding that it suspected Chinese authorities were involved," a story posted by the English-language Taipei Times reported Sunday. "Sensitive information may have already been intercepted by Beijing through the two Web sites, the bureau said."</blockquote><br />n<br />nYou can't even buy a new piece of computer equipment with out being worried it is contaminated at the manufacturer. Isn't technology wonderful?<br />n<br />n<strong>A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world. Albert Camus </strong>