Symantec Looks Into Claims of Stolen Source Code

wiredmikey writes "A group of hackers claim to have stolen source code for Symantec's Norton Antivirus software. The group is operating under the name Dharmaraja, and claims it found the data after compromising Indian military intelligence servers. So far it's unclear if the claims are a significant threat, as the information posted thus far by the hackers includes a document dated April 28, 1999, that Symantec describes as defining the application programming interface (API) for the virus Definition Generation Service. However, a second post entitled 'Norton AV source code file list' includes a list of file names reputedly contained within Norton AntiVirus source code package. Symantec said it is still in the process of analyzing the data in the second post." Update: 01/06 07:05 GMT by S : In a post to their Facebook page, Symantec has now said some of their source code was indeed accessed, but it was four or five years old.

Nope..

[Anonymous Coward]

Who would want anything they make?

Security by Obfuscation

[hashless]

This is yet another reason why reliance on closed-source security software is risky.

Offshoring

[happyhamster]

>>The group is operating under the name Dharmaraja
>>...compromising Indian military intelligence servers.

Dear Corporations, "Investors", and CEOs,

Please do not hesitate to keep offshoring every bit of information and technology to the third world. The things you've seen so far are mosquito bites compared to the crap that will hit the fan if you keep "enhancing profits" for another decade or even less.

Respectfully,
Software Developer, a.k.a. the guy who actually has to work for a living.

Re:Why does the Indian military have the source???

[Aighearach]

Indeed, a lot of people seem to missing the bombshell here.

Re:Nope..

[Anonymous Coward]

Maybe you shouldn't buy expensive shiny toys.