Hackers threaten to release Symantec source code

Hackers who are believed to have stolen source code from Symantec have threatened to release the source code for at least two of the software firm's products.

 

Calling themselves Yama Tough, the hackers used an Anonymous mask as their Twitter avatar, and indicated they are from Mumbai, India.

 

"This comming Tuesday behold the full Norton Antivirus 1,7Gb src, the rest will follow...," it said in a post on its Twitter account.

 

But before dawn Tuesday (Manila time), the group said it is holding back on releasing the Norton Antivirus code.

 

"We've decided not to release code to the public until we get full of it =) First we'll own everything we can by 0din' the sym code & pour mayhem," it said.

 

But it said it has started releasing the code of pcAnywhere to the Black Hat community for exploitation.

 

Symantec's pcAnywhere software allows one computer to remotely control and access another computer, establishing a one-to-one connection (http://us.norton.com/symantec-pcanywhere/).

 

Yama Tough claims to be the "Anonymous Avengers of Indian Independence Frontier."

 

A separate article on tech site CNET said earlier reports showed hackers managed to access the source code for certain Symantec products.

 

It said Symantec identified the products as Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) 11.0 and Symantec Antivirus 10.2 but said the attack did not affect any current Norton consumer products.

 

CNET said the hackers said they found the code after breaking into servers run by Indian military intelligence. — TJD, GMA News