ID: IRCNE2012011378
Date: 2012-01-17
According to "cnet", Hackers thought to have stolen source code from the Symantec's extended network have threatened to release the source code for Norton Antivirus today.
The hackers, who call themselves "Yama Tough" and employ the "Anonymous" mask in its Twitter avatar, said in a tweet Saturday it would release the 1.7GB source code on Tuesday.
Symantec said in a statement to CNET sister site ZDNet that code posted to Pastebin was related to a 2006 version and is "no longer sold or supported."
"The current version of Norton Utilities has been completely rebuilt and shares no common code with Norton Utilities 2006. The code that has been posted for the 2006 version poses no security threat to users of the current version of Norton Utilities," the company said in a statement.
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