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Security Hole in Morpheus

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the your-hard-drive-is-an-open-book dept.

Saint Aardvark writes: "The BBC reports that they've been contacted by a group claiming to be able to copy any file off some Morpheus user's hard drives. Apparently a bug allows for a great deal more file-sharing for some users of the software than intended ..." Man this thing got submitted a lot. I've never actually seen Morpheus, but apparently a lot of readers have! There really isn't a lot of information except that if you're running Morpheus, you might as well consider your hard drive world readable ;)

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  1. Disinformation anyone? by Robber+Baron · · Score: 5, Troll

    From the article:
    Security experts have been investigating this problem since coming across it on Friday.

    "We're not sure what it is that makes some Morpheus members vulnerable to this," said one, who asked to remain anonymous.

    It's definitely an accident from Morpheus' side, probably a worm. This is very dangerous."

    Uh huh...rather short on details, arent they?
    Anyone else getting the feeling that this "story" is in fact disinformation that probably originates with RIAA?

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