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Criminals Distribute Infected USB Sticks In Parking Lot

Posted by Unknown on from the our-dear-friend-social-engineering dept.

New submitter sabri writes "The Dutch news-site Elsevier is reporting that cybercriminals attempted to steal data from a multinational chemicals company by 'losing' spyware-infected USB sticks on the company's parking lot. Their attempt failed as one of the employees who found the stick dropped it off at the company's IT department, who then found the spyware and issued a warning. So next time, don't expect to find someone's dirty pictures on a USB stick you just found..."

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  1. Re:Expensive by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    You can't argue with hairyfeet. The guy's a hopeless MS junkie, his entire business model depends on Windows and the trashed computers users keep bringing him as a result.

    If a genuinely secure and stable OS became popular, he'd be homeless and starving.