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Sony may not have learned its lesson WRT rootkits

From: Rich Kulawiec <rsk () gsp org>
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 09:39:45 -0500


        http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/02/01/1339202/New-PS3-Firmware-Contains-Backdoor

Although there's an error in quoted text, which reads:

        "Sony can now remotely execute code on the PS3 as soon as you connect."

and should read

        "Anyone who can successfully impersonate Sony can now remotely
        execute code on the PS3 as soon as you connect."

---rsk
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