As reported by the register, the first Trojan that exploit the previously discussed Sony rootkit has been spotted in the wild.

This comes shortly after a turbulent week for Sony, as they were hit with two lawsuits one from an EFF-like group in Italy and a class-action from the state of California. Both lawsuits claim that they infringe on customer’s privacy without informing them of this possibility during the playing / listening to their music CDs.

I am sure we will see more about this, my guess that even though Sony was the first to get a lot of press on their use of rootkits to protect their IP, I am sure other cases will now come to light, as people will start looking for the patterns of rootkit behavior in other products.