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1 out of 5 USBs given away to promote Taiwan's cybersecurity campaign contain viru
« on: January 20, 2018, 06:00:44 pm »
1 out of 5 USBs given away to promote Taiwan's cybersecurity campaign contain virus
Authorities have ruled out the possibility that the virus constitutes a deliberate cyber attack on the event
By Teng Pei-ju,Taiwan News, Staff Writer
2018/01/07 18:09
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3336023

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — As many as one fifth of the 250 USBs given away as part of an event to promote cyber security, held at the Presidential Office last year, were reported to have contained a virus. It turned out that the virus had been transmitted from a computer during testing.

The Liberty Times reported that 54 USBs provided by the Criminal Investigation Bureau for the campaign were purchased from Shawo Hwa Industrial Co. (少華企業), which had imported the products from China.

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Re: 1 out of 5 USBs given away to promote Taiwan's cybersecurity campaign contain viru
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2018, 06:07:44 pm »
And thats why you dont give out usb memory sticks.  Especially at a security conference
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Re: 1 out of 5 USBs given away to promote Taiwan's cybersecurity campaign contain viru
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2018, 06:17:45 pm »
Quote from: driftdiver on January 20, 2018, 06:07:44 pm
And thats why you dont give out usb memory sticks.  Especially at a security conference

And beware of your sourcing.

Funny it was only 1/5...only 250 but not identical.
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Re: 1 out of 5 USBs given away to promote Taiwan's cybersecurity campaign contain viru
« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2018, 07:32:23 pm »
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Re: 1 out of 5 USBs given away to promote Taiwan's cybersecurity campaign contain viru
« Reply #4 on: January 20, 2018, 07:49:04 pm »
Further proof, that there's no problem so great....that government can't make even worse.
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