Oracle Settles with FTC Over Notifications About Hacking

Oracle Corp has settled allegations by the Federal Trade Commission that it failed to notify customers about unaddressed hacking dangers when it released security updates for the estimated 850 million U.S. computers with Java SE software, the agency said. The FTC alleged that Oracle promised consumers that its updates would make the software "safe and secure."

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