Double KO! Capcom's Street Fighter V installs hidden rootkit on PCs
Found on The Register on Friday, 23 September 2016
Capcom claims it uses the driver to stop players from hacking the high-def beat 'em up to cheat. Unfortunately, the code is so badly designed, it opens up a full-blown local backdoor.
It switches off a crucial security defense in the operating system, then runs whatever instructions are given to it by the application, and then switches the protection back on.
Another example why it might not be a bad idea to be able to hold a company liable when making obvious security mistakes.