Maxtor drives contain password stealing trojans

dave562 writes: "According to this ComputerWorld article http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9046424&intsrc=hm_list, Seagate hard drives that were assembled in Taiwan were shipped with firmware that phoned home to two servers based in China. The Chinese government is denying any involvement in the incident. The software appears to steal passwords to online gaming websites."