Security Researcher Finds Coldplay Lyrics in Kingston SSD Firmware

[erek]

Hrmph

"This isn't the first time we've seen strange, seemingly unrelated data hidden away in computer resource files. Last month we noted that Apple had been including a PDF of the Bitcoin whitepaper within every MacOS release since 2018. Apple's Bitcoin PDF has subsequently been removed."

Source: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/security-researcher-finds-coldplay-lyrics-in-kingston-ssd-firmware

 

[Zarathustra[H]]

Weird.

Makes you wonder if the RIAA would go after them

 

[michalrz]

Some company realizes it's free ad space in 3...2...

 

[TheHig]

Ha nice. To me this kind of thing is equivalent to all the “notes” I’ve seen left by house framers and drywall guys when I worked for a remodeling company 20 years ago.