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Hackers Publish Symantec’s Source Code After Extortion Attempt Fails

Hacker YamaTough has published Symantec’s pcAnywhere’s source code. This program is used by users and companies to access personal computers remotely. The publication follows a $US50,000 extortion attempt that was made public last night.


February 7, 2012
Software

Hacker Extortion: $50K To Sit On Stolen Norton AntiVirus Source Code

According to email transcripts posted to Pastebin yesterday, and confirmed by the company, a group of hackers attempted to extort $US50,000 from Symantec in exchange for not releasing its stolen PCAnywhere and Norton Antivirus source code.