Sony Warned Weeks Ahead of Rootkit Flap

pdschmid writes "Business Week has an article describing how Sony BMG had been warned by F-Secure on Oct. 4 about the dangers of their rootkit protection, but failed to do anything until Oct. 31 when computer-systems expert Mark Russinovich revealed the rootkit in his blog." From the article: "Sony BMG officials insist that they acted as quickly as they could, and that they expected to be able to go public and offer a software patch at the same time. However, Russinovich posted his blog item first, forcing Sony BMG to scramble to contain the crisis. It recalled millions of CDs recorded by 52 artists, including Van Zant, Celine Dion, and Neil Diamond. Plus, it offered exchanges to customers."

Comments

Quick somebody

[FunctionalMethod]

involve Microsoft!

Re:They shouldn't have recalled the CDs

[masklinn]

I found out that emptying a full clip in the buyer's face does wonders to his musical tastes

Re:They shouldn't have recalled the CDs

[Delphiki]

Wow, I'm intrigued by your brilliant musical insights. Even though you can't download it to their hard drives, you should at least start a newsletter, to tell everyone why the music they like sucks and why they should listen to what you tell them to instead.

Re:Proves public disclosure is the best for securi

[LaCosaNostradamus]

Wake up, bitch. Governments "consider" prosecuting, whereas in the case of an individual it's a certainty. And the case you mentioned is civil. How much jail time for the responsible executives does THAT entail?

Corporate apologist shitbag. Go the fuck away with your debunked-in-2-seconds propaganda. It's clear corporations break the law with impunity for things the individual would be jailed (even killed) for. We need a Corporate Imprisonment Penalty and a Corporate Death Penalty. Until then, morons like you will keep spouting apologia while corporations run rampant over the populace and the law itself.