THIS IS ALSO A RESULT OF THE FREE MARKET FAIRY

For decades, people who work with computers have complained about the lousy products from MicroSoft and other vendors and now we are beginning to see how bad the free market can be for the general public.

From Google News:

Citigroup admits computers were hacked

Providence Eyewitness News - Susan Hogan - ‎Jun 9, 2011‎

PROVIDENCE, RI (WPRI) - Citigroup admits its computers were hacked more than one month ago. At this point we know of 210000 customers accounts that were hacked. That means for those customers should be on the lookout for phishing scams and start ...

Sony Sees Self as One of Group of Hack Victims

GovInfoSecurity.com (blog) - Mike D'Agostino, Sanjay Kalra - ‎Jun 14, 2011‎

That still hasn't prevented Sony websites from being breached by Lulz Security, the gray-hacker group that targeted the Senate over the weekend (see Group Claims Hack on Senate Computers). LulzSec, though not involved with the damaging breach in April, ...

IMF investigates suspected attack on its computers

Washington Post - Howard Schneider, Ellen Nakashima - ‎Jun 11, 2011‎

Canada's Treasury Board and Finance Ministry were targeted in January, and France's Finance Ministry was hacked in December by someone hunting for files related to a February meeting of officials from the Group of 20 top economic powers. ...

 

Defence contractor hack attack fears

Sydney Morning Herald - Ben Grubb - ‎May 30, 2011‎

In March, RSA, the security division of data storage company EMC, acknowledged that its computer network was hacked. The implications are serious because RSA's technology underpins the security of some of the world's most closely guarded data. ...