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McAfee Retracts Lowball Bug Damage Estimate

Posted by kdawson on from the had-our-fingers-crossed dept.

bennyboy64 writes "McAfee has changed its official response [warning: interstitial] on how many enterprise customers were affected by a bug that caused havoc on computers globally. It originally stated the bug affected 'less than half of 1 per cent' of enterprise customers. Now McAfee's blog states it was a 'small percentage' of enterprise customers. ZDNet is running a poll and opinion piece on whether McAfee should compensate customers. ZDNet notes a supermarket giant in Australia that had to close down its stores as they were affected by the bug, causing a loss of thousands of dollars."

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  1. Re:Only under certain conditions. by Spazztastic · · Score: 0, Troll

    We're talking about McAfee running on Windows. Way to be off-topic and ignorant yourself.

    Not only that, but open source platforms aren't immune to their own fuckups. From just a little while ago: Clam AV screwup.

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