IBM hands out infected USB drives at Aussie conference

IBM has sent out an email to all attendees to the AusCERT 2010 conference Thursday, warning them that some of the USB drives handed out to delegates contained malware.

"Unfortunately, we have discovered that some of these USB keys contained malware and we suspect that all USB keys may be affected," IBM Australia chief technologist Glenn Wightwick said in the email. "The malware is detected by the majority of current antivirus products [as at 20 May, 2010] and been known since 2008.

"We regret any inconvenience that may have been caused," he said.

For more on this story, read IBM AusCERT USBs infected with malware on ZDNet Australia.