Dental Assn Mails Malware to Members
Summary: The American Dental Association says it may have inadvertently mailed malware-laced USB thumb drives to thousands of dental offices nationwide as part of its 2016 CDT manual distribution. The ADA said the USB media was manufactured in China by a subcontractor of an ADA vendor, that some 37,000 devices were distributed, and that it speculated one of several duplicating machines at the manufacturer became infected during a production run for another customer.
Key Takeaway: Roughly 37,000 flash drives went out to a membership of more than 159,000, and the ADA's own random quality assurance testing did not catch any infected devices - so the control meant to stop this failed before the mail went out.
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