NZ 'ethical hacker' triggers Microsoft security scare

MS is slow to respond and refuses to recognize real threats.

[i]Mr Butler said while testing the flaw, he found more than 160,000 computers in NZ were vulnerable.[/i]

First guess, that is less than the majority of the population, but more than enough to constitute a statistically significant "sample". Let's see ...
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/nz.html
[i]Population: 4,115,771 (July 2007 est.)[/i]

More than one in 40 are "vulnerable", in a population of ~4 Million, and that's under the generous (to Microsoft) assumption of 1 Microsoft computer per capita. I think we owe a debt of gratitude to the skilled ethical hacker who brought to the public's attention what identity thieves have undoubtedly known all along.