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More on Last Year's Cisco Source Code Theft

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the worst-of-both-worlds dept.

grazzy writes "The New York Times has a story about last year's theft of Cisco source code: The incident seemed alarming enough: a breach of a Cisco Systems network in which an intruder seized programming instructions for many of the computers that control the flow of the Internet. "

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  1. Question for an expert... by wcitech · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'm without a doubt no networking expert, so I'd like to ask one of you who is: if the source code for cisco's equipment is leaked, would that person have the ability to create some kind of virus/malware that could bring the internet to a screaching halt? What can they do, infect routers with viruses now? I guess I'm unclear on the real dangers in a situation like this.

  2. Timing.. by gmerideth · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Rather good timing that last night on "24" we see Cisco's name all over the screen's at the CTU command center and the actress works in the line "the Cisco network is defending itself" followed immediately by an Alienware laptop on the screen.

    Just in time for major articles about how bad Cisco's security was that they had some source code stolen. /golfclap foxtv

    And people wonder why I don't watch television. Sad..just sad.

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