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Chinese experts mistakenly release IE7 exploit
More security headaches for Redmond.
By Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service
Published: 11:25 GMT, 11 December 08
The security woes continued for Microsoft after Chinese security researchers mistakenly released the code needed to hack a PC by exploiting an unpatched vulnerability in Internet Explorer 7.
At one point, the code was traded for as much as $15,000 (£10,000) on the underground criminal markets, according to iDefense, the computer security branch of VeriSign, citing a blog post from the Chinese team.
