Office Depot fingered for tech support scam0

• TECHNOLOGY
• March 28, 2019

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has levied a $25 million fine against Office Depot, and a further $10 million against a software company, following the discovery it was tricking customers into paying for unnecessary repair and technical services using a malicious software tool. Software which ‘detects’ malware on perfectly clean computers is nothing new: