Symantec offered hacker $50,000 for stolen source code
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Anonymous released email exchanges between a member and Symantec yesterday, revealing that the security firm offered them $50,000 in exchange for destroying the source code of pcAnywhere and Norton Antivirus tools, believed to have been obtained by hackers after breaking into servers of the Indian Military Intelligence in 2006.
The deal fell through after extended discussions about payment through Liberty Reserve bank in Costa Rica and issues with receiving the proof of code they requested. The source code for Symantec’s pcAnywhere has now been released through Pirate Bay. »read more
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