Windows Vista, Office 2007 leaked to the Net
TechWeb | at | by Mike
Just days after Microsoft released the Windows Vista code to manufacturing, the operating system was leaked to the Web. The final version of the Redmond, Wash. developer's Office 2007 has also been posted to the Internet.
Pirated copies of Windows Vista RTM have been spreading on Web sites, peer-to-peer networks, and through the Usenet community. One site, TheHotfix.net, alerted its members that the Vista RTM could be downloaded from BitTorrent download sites.
According to reports on message forums, pre-RTM product registration keys do not work for the newest version of Vista. But pirates were confident that "cracks" would be forthcoming that would activate the OS. "It will be easy to authenticate," claimed someone identified as "Jordan M" on a HotFix.net thread.