Re: Y2K trojans, and outsourcing...

[Joseph S D Yao <jsdy () cospo osis gov>]

> > From: Shappard, Richard, A (Rich) [mailto:rashappard () att com]
> > Did they happen to provide any references to this rumor?
>
> No, though they should have said that they got the idea surfing the net :)
> This was mentioned on a number of news-related websites late last week.  You
> might want to check http://www.wired.com/news I beleive they had a blurb on
> it.  Ultimately, there was no evidence to back it up, just the generalized
> fear that consultants hired to make Y2k mods to software for, say, financial
> insititions, might surreptitiously code a backdoor in the program.
> Basically, it was a "there's no way we can be sure they didn't do it"
> argument.

"Gardner Group report."  One wonders who thinks up these things.  It is
certainly quite possible - I had mused about that a few years ago - but
the $ number is probably just to get it in the headlines.  ;-/

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