On: Lenovo Caught Installing Adware on New Computers

[quinndupont]

And it has been successfully cracked[1], revealing (potential) associations with a dodgy SSL redirector [2].

[1] http://blog.erratasec.com/2015/02/extracting-superfish-certi... [2] http://www.komodia.com

[SyneRyder → quinndupont]

Also worth giving credit to ChuckMcM who was on the right track a few hours prior:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9072815