Taiwanese Police Give Cyber-security Quiz Winners Infected Devices (bbc.com)

Posted by msmash on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @02:00AM from the oops-they-did-it-again dept.

Taiwan's national police agency said 54 of the flash drives it gave out at an event highlighting a government's cybercrime crackdown contained malware. From a report: The virus, which can steal personal data and has been linked to fraud, was added inadvertently, it said. The Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) apologised for the error and blamed the mishap on a third-party contractor. It said 20 of the drives had been recovered. Around 250 flash drives were given out at the expo, which was hosted by Taiwan's Presidential Office from 11-15 December and aimed to highlight the government's determination to crack down on cybercrime.

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Final challenge by Translation+Error · 2018-01-10 02:26 · Score: 4, Insightful

It was the secret final challenge. To win it, people had to refuse the offered flash drives.

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Re:Yeah by hey! · 2018-01-10 03:50 · Score: 3, Insightful

No, if you refuse the infected device you receive immunity for the next round.
You see, in the game of cybersecurity nobody, technically speaking, "wins". The object of the game isn't to win, it's to play indefinitely while accumulating the fewest possible losses.

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