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September 11, 2007

Pfizer: Hijacked Pfizer PCs Send Viagra Spam

From the some-stories-write-themselves file, the recent revelation that hijacked PCs insider Pfizer's own corporate network are part of a botnet sending out spam for the company's much-spammed Viagra product:

Computers inside pharmaceutical giant Pfizer's network are spamming the internet with e-mails touting the company's flagship erectile-enhancement drug Viagra, along with ads for knockoff Rolexes and shady junk stocks.

... Pfizer's computers appear to have been infected with malware that has transformed them into zombie computers sending spam at the behest of a hacker. Oddly enough, they are spamming the public's inboxes with ads for the company's own product.

Well, that's one way to keep escalating marketing expenses off the Pfizer income statement.

[via Wired]

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