“French “three strikes” anti-piracy software riddled with flaws”
TMG’s server was running a custom-written administration program coded in Delphi. It had the unusual security feature of not requiring any authentication at all, allowing anyone connecting to port 8500 to send commands to the server. […] The update command connects to an FTP server, retrieves a file, and then executes it—all without authentication—and rather than connecting to a specific FTP server, it allows the server to be specified when the update command is given.
Laugh out loud.
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