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Lenovo cops million-dollar penalty for Superfish debacle

By a Staff Writer

Sep 6 2017 6:35AM

Settles court case with US authorities.

Lenovo cops million-dollar penalty for Superfish debacle

PC maker Lenovo has agreed to pay US$3.5 million (A$4.4 million) and make changes to how it sells laptops in order to settle allegations it sold devices with pre-loaded software that compromised users' security protections. The agreement with authorities in Connecticut, the United States Federal ...

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