Reuters reporter Frank Jack Daniel has a story about a hacker who calls himself "Yama Tough." This hacker threatened to release the full source code for "Norton," a major software antivirus program from Symantic Corporation. "Yama Tough" said on Twitter, "This coming Tuesday behold the full Norton antivirus 1.7 Gb src, the rest will follow."
Over the past week, fragments of the source code have been released as well as a cache of Symantec emails. The hacker claims that all the data was taken from Indian government servers.
Summarized from:
http://news.yahoo.com/indian-hackers-offer-help-man-suing-symantec-061440036.html
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The Huffington Post, in a Reuters story reported by Dan Levine with editing by Gerald E. McCormick, had some additional information on this hacking situation. Symantec has stated that some source code had been taken from a third party, but that the firm’s own network had not been breached. Symantec also states that the code was several years old.
This article in the Huffington Post also mentions a proposed class action lawsuit, filed this week in the U.S., which alleges Symantec has been scaring customers into buying its products with misleading statements about the health of their computers. This suit labels Norton Utilities as a type of "scareware." Symantec has stated the suit has no merit and that the company will vigorously defend itself.
Summarized from:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/13/yama-tough-symantec-hacker_n_1204865.html
Over the past week, fragments of the source code have been released as well as a cache of Symantec emails. The hacker claims that all the data was taken from Indian government servers.
Summarized from:
http://news.yahoo.com/indian-hackers-offer-help-man-suing-symantec-061440036.html
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The Huffington Post, in a Reuters story reported by Dan Levine with editing by Gerald E. McCormick, had some additional information on this hacking situation. Symantec has stated that some source code had been taken from a third party, but that the firm’s own network had not been breached. Symantec also states that the code was several years old.
This article in the Huffington Post also mentions a proposed class action lawsuit, filed this week in the U.S., which alleges Symantec has been scaring customers into buying its products with misleading statements about the health of their computers. This suit labels Norton Utilities as a type of "scareware." Symantec has stated the suit has no merit and that the company will vigorously defend itself.
Summarized from:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/13/yama-tough-symantec-hacker_n_1204865.html
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