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al Qaeda Hacks XP?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the conspiracy-theories-and-bears-oh-my dept.

acaird writes "According to this article at Newbytes, members of al Qaeda may have worked for Microsoft and planted "trojans, trapdoors, and bugs in Windows XP"." This stuff screams of hoax to me, but it is showing up on the Washington Post.

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  1. Spelling!!!!!!!!!! by Luke · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You's think that with all the headlines you could spell their organization's name correctly!

  2. you sure this isn't from the *NY* Post? by Frothy+Walrus · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    c'mon, this is such a pile of bullshit it's ridiculous.

    Microsoft spokesman Jim Desler said Afroze's claims about the company were "bizarre and unsubstantiated and should be treated skeptically."

    for once, we can all agree with a Microsoft spokesman.