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Cisco Confirms Arrest In Theft Of Its Code

Posted by Zonk on from the crackdown-on-black-hats dept.

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."

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  1. Montreal? by montreal!hahahaha · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    hahahaha

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    1. Re:Montreal? by montreal!hahahahah · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      hahhahhahahah

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  2. I am not afraid. by rafael_es_son · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I am not afraid.

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    HAD
  3. Thanks Slashdot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ... for propagating the meme that "copyright violation" == "theft". I'm sure your {RI,MP}AA overlords are very pleased with you.
    The 'thief' did not take all the drives with their code on, merely copied it.