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IBM Admits It Sent Malware-infected USB Sticks To Customers (techrepublic.com)

Posted by msmash on from the stranger-things dept.

IBM accidentally shipped USB drives infected with malware to some customers, the company noted in a support advisory post. The drives contained an initialization tool for some of its Storwize systems, the post stated. From a report: IBM customers who received a USB flash drive with the part number 01AC585 should either destroy the drive so that it cannot be reused, the post said, or follow the steps listed in the post to repair the drive. Affected drives were shipped with the following Storwize systems: IBM Storwize V3500 - 2071 models 02A and 10A, IBM Storwize V3700 - 2072 models 12C, 24C, and 2DC, IBM Storwize V5000 - 2077 models 12C and 24C, IBM Storwize V5000 - 2078 models 12C and 24C.

12 of 50 comments (clear)

  1. Storwize? by Viol8 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is it just me or does that sound like a malware name anyway?

    1. Re:Storwize? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Is it just me or does that sound like a malware name anyway?

      Big jar of yellow liquid...

  2. Call this number... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 2

    If you need help, call 1-800-IBM-HELP.

    Note: You must be 21 years old or older to use phone number.

    1. Re:Call this number... by DontBeAMoran · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Do people under 21 even know what a phone number is?

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      #DeleteFacebook
    2. Re:Call this number... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      sure they do, its that weird ass code you have to enter into your phone the first time you want to contact somebody.

    3. Re:Call this number... by omnichad · · Score: 4, Funny

      Oh, you mean their SMS ID.

  3. Sure... by Moheeheeko · · Score: 4, Funny
    "accidentally"

    the only accident here is they got caught

  4. Finally !!! by martiniturbide · · Score: 3, Funny

    IBM is back on the news.

  5. They were very brave by CustomSolvers2 · · Score: 2

    I am all for honesty and companies recognising their mistakes. I also consider myself very honest and good-faith-driven, but don't know if I would have been able to recognise a "mistake" like this.

    1. Food company saying that some drinks might be poisonous. Error.
    2. Food company saying that some drinks might contain ebola. Error + many questions.
    3. Food company saying that some drinks might contain a rare disease which they have created in-house. Seriously?

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    Custom Solvers 2.0 = Alvaro Carballo Garcia = varocarbas.
    1. Re:They were very brave by CustomSolvers2 · · Score: 2

      Are you suggesting that IBM created the Reconyc Trojan that's been circulating in the wild for half a decade? Or are you just demonstrating that you didn't bother reading the article before making blatantly false accusations?

      I am clearly not. This was a funny (at least, this was my intention; some people here have a quite different than me sense of humour) way to illustrate the differences between having an innocent error, having an error with high negligence and having an error with much more than high negligence (why were they dealing with malware in the products to be sold?). Hopefully, now everything is quite clear.

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      Custom Solvers 2.0 = Alvaro Carballo Garcia = varocarbas.
  6. 3rd party factory in china likely had the image lo by Joe_Dragon · · Score: 2, Interesting

    3rd party factory in china likely had the image loading system that had an malware infection on it.

  7. Big deal by 110010001000 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Big deal, Microsoft has been shipping malware for decades.