max Recalls 40.000 Set-Top Boxes Worldwide.

(From Korea Times)

The technological superiority of leading set-top box maker Humax has been knocked by a product recall.

On Friday afternoon, Humax announced the recall of some 40,000 units distributed to retailers in 70 countries found to contain security flaws, its first mass recall.

``The recall applies to our IRCI set-top box and we are going to replace all the units that have been distributed around the world,'' said a Humax official on condition of anonymity.

There have been a growing number of reports of hacking through the IRCI boxes, the official said, but products already sold to customers will not be subject to the recall.

Enabling a television to perform some of the functions of a computer, set-top boxes turn an ordinary TV set into an Internet interface and also enables users to receive and decode digital television broadcasts.

Humax said the recall was a voluntary move in response to complaints about the security flaws.