The most expensive .99 cent songs ever

Posted: March 1, 2009 by datechguy in tech
Tags: ,

Slashdot reports that our modern blackberry president has the same issues that a lot of other p2p users do:

A company that monitors peer-to-peer file-sharing networks has discovered a potentially serious security breach involving President Barack Obama’s helicopter, NBC affiliate WPXI in Pittsburgh reported Saturday.

Employees of Tiversa, a Cranberry Township, Pa.-based security company that specializes in peer-to-peer technology, reportedly found engineering and communications information about Marine One at an IP address in Tehran, Iran.

Bob Boback, CEO of Tiversa, told WPXI-TV: “We found a file containing entire blueprints and avionics package for Marine One, which is the president’s helicopter.”

And how did they manage to get it? One guess:

Someone from the company most likely downloaded a file-sharing program, typically used to exchange music, not realizing the potential problems, Boback said.

“When downloading one of these file-sharing programs, you are effectively allowing others around the world to access your hard drive,” Boback said.

I’ve been arguing for years that saving .99 cents on a song is a lot less expensive than the risks you take.

Comments
  1. […] was thinking of this post concerning file sharing and how it has been a pain to persuade people off of these sites. Mostly due to free music and […]