900,000 Sony Vaio Computers Have a Security-Related Software Flaw says Sony
Source: SNP
Sony Corp., the second-largest consumer-electronics maker, said it has identified a security- related software flaw in almost a million of its Vaio computers. The flaw, which is contained in software on some Vaio models sold in Japan, North Asia, excluding China, South Asia, Oceania, the Middle East and South Africa, may result in data being lost, the company said in a faxed news release.
Tokyo-based Sony said it will provide a software patch that Vaio owners will be able to download from the company's home page. The company estimates the cost of fixing the flaw at 200 million ($1.5 million), spokeswoman Merran Wrigley said. Wrigley said 900,000 Vaios are affected. The flaw is related to proprietary Sony-designed software, she said.
