Digital Picture Frames that Steal Your Identity

Posted on Sunday, February 17, 2008 7:27 am by TCAT Shelbyville IT Department

You can’t make this up.  Evidently, the Chinese have workers who load a trogan virus on digital picture frames.  The trojan which is advanced, can then jump to your computer and steal your identity (limited for now).  Now if manufacturers don’t have quality standards, viruses can get in through hardware.  Several months ago the Chinese were loading viruses on Seagate computers.  Seagate article.

Deborah Gage’s article; “Trojan Horse probing defenses– New virus is smart, aggressive and blocks antivirus protection at will“, published in the San Fransisco Chronicle, Friday, Feb. 15th. 2008. Business Section.

Now that is scary!

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1 Response to Digital Picture Frames that Steal Your Identity

  1. getn2focus says:
    Monday, February 18, 2008 1:15 am at 01:15

    To know that subcontractors for well known companies such as Seagate will make it harder for people looking to buy their products that much harder to buy them. Essentially hurting their business eventually. All in all, that is still really scary to know that. Seagate…time to crack down!

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