Friday, December 23, 2011

Major Australian Retailer Accused of Selling Infected Hard Drives

Major Australian Retailer Accused of Selling Infected Hard Drives:


skegg writes "Dick Smith, a major Australian electronics retailer, is being accused of regularly selling used hard drives as new. Particularly disturbing is the claim that at least one drive contained malware-infested pirated movies, causing the unlucky buyer significant data loss. Apparently the Fair Trading Commissioner will be conducting an investigation."



Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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