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Bug allowed free access to Sirius radio service :: Hack In The Box ... 
Hack In The Box | Mon, Nov 24
Sirius XM Radio has quietly fixed a bug in its satellite radio system that provided a way for former subscribers to gain free access to the Sirius service since 2002, according to security vendor TippingPoint Technologies. ...
2 mainstream media and 2 bloggers weighed in on a similar topic
Last Week,
The Register says
(in Sirius satellite radio squashes 6-year-old bug)
No more free radio for you!
It may have taken six years, but a bug that allowed people to get satellite radio broadcasts for free has finally been squashed by Sirius XM Radio.…
And
topix.net says
(in Bug allowed free access to Sirius radio service)
November 24, 2008 Sirius XM Radio has quietly fixed a bug in its satellite radio system that since 2002 had provided a way for former subscribers to gain free access to the Sirius service, according to security ...
And
Computerworld says
(in Bug allowed free access to Sirius radio service)
November 24, 2008 (IDG News Service) Sirius XM Radio has quietly fixed a bug in its satellite radio system that provided a way for former subscribers to gain free access to the Sirius service since 2002, according to security vendor ...
And
Robert McMillan from NetworkWorld.com says
(in Bug allowed free access to Sirius radio service)
Sirius XM Radio has quietly fixed a bug in its satellite radio system that provided a way for former subscribers to gain free access to the Sirius service since 2002, according to security vendor TippingPoint Technologies.
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