Symantec Admits Its Networks Were Hacked in 2006 113
Orome1 writes "After having first claimed that the source code leaked by Indian hacking group Dharmaraja was not stolen through a breach of its networks, but possibly by compromising the networks of a third-party entity, Symantec backpedalled and announced that the code seems to have exfiltrated during a 2006 breach of its systems. Symantec spokesman Cris Paden has confirmed that unknown hackers have managed to get their hands on the source code to the following Symantec solutions: Norton Antivirus Corporate Edition, Norton Internet Security, Norton Utilities, Norton GoBack and pcAnywhere."
Obviously, I'm going to have to switch to McAfee (Score:5, Funny)
That'll be a lot better, right?
In their defence... (Score:4, Funny)
...they were running McAfee at the time!
"exfiltrated" (Score:5, Funny)
the code seems to have exfiltrated
Wow, must be bad working at Symantec. Even the code wants to escape.
Re:Surely this is a good thing... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Thanks a bunch (Score:4, Funny)
> Little bastard has hooks all over the place
This was my experience with Symantec software, too.
Re:Thanks a bunch (Score:5, Funny)