Technology Review: Part 2 of a 3 part series on the Sony Rootkit

This is old news, but very interesting. The complete story of the Sony Rootkit according to Technology Review "an independent media company owned by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The oldest technology magazine in the world (est. 1899 [wow 1899!])". One thing that surprised me, in the story, was that F-Secure discovered it first, and tried to contact Sony, NOT revealing it , until the company had a chance to respond. To quote from the article " Kangas and his team readied a public report on the rootkit but were waiting for First 4 Internet's uninstaller before releasing it, as courtesy in the Internet security business demands [I thought this seemed a bit 'snooty']. That's when they were beaten to the punch by a Texan named Mark Russinovich." And Russinovich posted it on his blog, without notifiying Sony. I found part 2 fascinating, and with the new [to me] info about F-Secure finding it first, I felt it worthy of passing on.
Part 1
Part 3 (Thursday, May 18) Update: link is live
--MissM

Technology Review: Part 2 of a 3 part series on the Sony Rootkit