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Cisco Confirms Arrest In Theft Of Its Code
spafbnerf writes "Informationweek is reporting on Cisco Systems' confirmation of an arrest in connection with the theft of its IOS 12.3 source code last year. On Tuesday, The New York Times reported that federal officials and security experts have acknowledged that the theft of the Cisco source code was part of a wider pattern of thousands of attacks on military and research computers perpetrated by an unknown number of individuals." From the article: "The FBI fully recognizes the inherent sophistication and global nature of intrusion investigations...As such, we have worked hard to develop strong partnerships within the international law-enforcement community. In this case, we have been working closely with our international partners to include Sweden, Great Britain, and others. As a result of recent actions, the criminal activity appears to have stopped."
The parents of the teenager in question have taken all his pokémon games.
"As a result of recent actions, the criminal activity appears to have stopped."
Thanks to the bear patrol recently put in place in my neighborhood, all bear-related activity appears to have stopped.
lol omfg idiots bought it!!!
Yeah. Stay put for 2 months more. And just in case you have something urgent, tunnel through Luser832, I have planted enough "evidence" on his PC to keep him in prison for 50 years.
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Maybe the thief could have made IOS more stable and secure. I'm beginning to think anyone could do a better job...
...at least walk out with a 6500 router under your coat that you can flog on Ebay!
Gentoo Linux - another day, another USE flag.
More like "liberation".
Information wants to be free.
"As a result of recent actions, the criminal activity appears to have stopped."
Wow, that statement really made me feel better.
He who knows best knows how little he knows. - Thomas Jefferson
Eurasia is now at peace with Oceania, and the harvests of grain improved 20% compared to last year ;)
Tsunami -- You can't bring a good wave down!
Thank goodness Cisco finally got its source code back! Now the source code is safe and sound, never to be seen again by anyone outside Cisco.
"Destroy science and religion. Science would re-emerge exactly the same; but not religion." - Penn Jillette, paraphrased
Anyone got a torrent?
You mean it wasn't Habib Marwan and his terrorist cell that stole the IOS code to reverse engineer it into a software chipset that could be used to simultaneously override a nuclear powerplant and a nuclear warhead! Man I was way off.
News Reporters Make Tasty Polar Bear Treats!
The suspect is a 16 year old boy from Uppsala, Sweden, my hometown. I bet he doesn't feel as clever now as he used to. :-)
I look forward to Maureen O'Gara's next scoop though: "He came from Uppsala, the headquarter of famous open source company mySQL AB! Also the place where Vikings once slaughtered Christians in pagan rituals! All a coincidence? I think not!!"
Being bitter is drinking poison and hoping someone else will die
Since I bitch-slapped a hacker trying to break into my system I have not seen another one trying. All that activity must have stopped as well. Wow...I suddenly feel all is right with the world
I'm not a troll, but I play one on Slashdot.
Looks like they could do with a decent firewall to keep out intruders. Can anyone recommend a good one?
They should have used open source, you don't get arrested for stealing open source code, right?