Sony BMG secretly installed rootkits into music CDs 10 years ago in the name of digital rights management. The software proved undetectable by anti-virus and anti-spyware programs. The Sony rootkit became something of a cultural phenomenon. It wound up as a punch line in comic strips like Fox Trot and even was the subject of class skits shared on YouTube. The rootkit made its mark on hundreds of thousands of networks in dozens of countries so this wasnt just a consumer issue, but an enterprise network one as well.”]
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