[pchelpers] News::Symantec, BBC implicated in phishing scam

Voice of Unreason Unscrupulous companies prey on innocent hacks
By Andrew Thomas: Monday 17 September 2007, 17:41

HARBINGER OF DOOM, Symantec, has been implicated in a cynical phishing
scam resulting in innocent journalists writing thousands of words of
puff for its products. The latest victims are BBC writers who have been
duped into providing unpaid advertising for the company.

Symantec, once renowned for providing excellent utilities and antivirus
products, increasingly relies on specious "research" to generate acres
of free publicity on gullible news sites, such as the BBC.

More here:
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=42400

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