Vodafone Admits That 3000 HTC Magic Handsets Were Distributed With Virus
Vodafone has finally decided to come clean. In a stark departure from their original claim, Vodafone has now admitted that as many as 3000 brand new HTC Magic handsets (sold in Spain) might be infected with Mariposa bot client.
The incident first came to light when Panda Security spotted Mariposa bot clients in the memory card of a HTC Magic set sold by Vodafone. Initially, the telecom giant tried to dismiss the event as an isolated incident. However, that theory was blown to shreds when Panda Security identified malware infections in another brand new HTC Magic handset purchased from Vodafone’s online website.
Vodafone has promised to get in touch with affected customers and will be providing them a new memory card. It will be providing instructions for how customers can access the free Panda online scan. Additionally, if will offer security suites to anyone whose system has been infected due to the memory device.
Mistakes can happen, but as far as mistakes go, distributing malware to thousands of users is amongst the more serious kind. It is nice to see Vodafone taking responsibility for their mistake and trying to redeem the situation. However, they still have some explaining left to do. What we really want to know is – How did this happen?
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Author: Pallab De
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