By Ira Winkler

I recently read an article where a security consulting firm mailed USB drives to a variety of business executives. Apparently the enticement for loading the drive on a computer was an invitation to a party. Once installed though, the drive apparently ran a program that contacted the attackers to let them know who ran the drive. Of course, press releases and marketing blitzes to the affected users followed. This is just so wrong and possibly criminal.

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