The Raspberry Pi Foundation has been offered money to install malware onto the Raspberry Pi machines before they were shipped out to users. Malware distributors want the popular mini-computers to deliver with pre-install malware. The Foundation declined the offer, describing the company as “evildoers,” but the incident once again raises the question about this common, widespread issue. The name of the company represented by Linda was not revealed by the Foundation, but the company was not represented by the organisation represented.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2015/12/raspberry-pi-malware.html