Thread: [Merged] Sony Digital Rights Management probs
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Old 18-11-2005, 18:38   #61
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Re: [Merged] Sony Digital Rights Management probs
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Originally Posted by Gareth
Incidentally, considering this rootkit was only found on 20 CD's that were sold in the US (according to Sony... who also claimed it doesn't call home nor does it damage Windows ), it's rather surprising to find that it has popped up so prevalently across the entire globe...

According to Dan Kiminsky, quoted in this Wired article, "The damage spans 165 countries, with the top five countries being Spain, the Netherlands, Great Britain, the United States and Japan, which, with more than 217,000 DNS servers reporting knowledge of Sony-related addresses, takes the top spot."

Wired also have another interesting article that discusses the lack or response from antivirus vendors (except F-Secure) until the public outcry was so large that their hands were forced. It makes some interesting points
Which is why I'm thinking that maybe this malware found its way into their Network Walkman software too
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