The Raspberry Pi Foundation seems to have managed to get the attention of distributors malicioussoftware developers who want to use the popular mini-computers to deliver pre-installed malware.
The Raspberry Pi Foundation made a shocking revelation on December 23. With a Tweet, he presented a screenshot of an email that offered them money to install malware on Raspberry Ri machines before they were sent to their customers.
Amazing. This person seems to be very sincerely offering us money to install malware on your machines. pic.twitter.com/1soL0MIc5Z
- Raspberry Pi (@Raspberry_Pi) December 23, 2015
Raspberry Pi is an extremely simple computers but which can be used everywhere. Due to the low cost of the Raspberry Pi, the Foundation has sold over 4 million units to date.
Just last month, Raspberry Ri presented her latest creation: The Raspberry Pi Zero - a programmable computer that costs just $ 5, and can be ranked as the cheapest computer in the world.
But let's move on to the email in question: Last Wednesday, an email from “Linda” asked foundation communications manager Liz Uptonto to install a suspicious executable archive on the Raspberry Pi. This is why malware distributors offered money “per install.”
The email further explained that installing the executable would create a shortcut on the user's desktop that would take them to its website companys.
"This is our goal," the message reads.
The name of Linda's company was not revealed by the Raspberry RI Foundation.
Apparently, the malware distributors chose the wrong company, which declined the offer, but the incident raises questions once again about deals being made under the table, with Companies that distribute popular and "reliable" products.
See the screenshot of the e-mail
