Symantec Admits Its Networks Were Hacked in 2006

Posted by Soulskill on Thursday January 19, 2012 @03:51AM from the timely-disclosure dept.

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."

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Surely this is a good thing... by el3mentary · 2012-01-19 03:57 · Score: 5, Insightful

Surely this is a good thing, the hackers might release an anti-virus for Norton

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Re:Thanks a bunch by rickb928 · 2012-01-19 04:50 · Score: 5, Insightful

How they use their signatures and heuristics to detect threats is of great use to attackers. Thinking otherwise is naive.

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