December 11, 2008 (IDG News Service) Chinese security researchers mistakenly released the code needed to hack a PC by exploiting an unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) browser, potentially putting millions of computer users at risk -- but it appears some hackers already knew how to exploit the flaw.
At one point, the code was traded for as much as $15,000 on underground criminal markets, according to iDefense, the comp