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Malware writer claims to have hacked Windows 8

Stuart Sumner

18 November 2011 • 1 min read

A security researcher has released a new version of his software that he claims will successfully penetrate Windows 8's defences and allow it to be controlled

The next version of Microsoft operating system Windows 8, which many expect to be released in autumn 2012, has allegedly already been hacked. Security researcher Peter Kleissner has claimed that...

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