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Symantec (makers of Norton) source code stolen
Symantec, the makers of Norton products such as Norton Internet Security, has confirmed that they have had some of their software source code (programming) stolen. Portions of source code for their Endpoint enterprise protection products were stolen by hackers.
The spin doctors at Symantec are suggesting that there is no problem because it’s older code. Just buy their newest iteration and you should be fine. If the hackers came knocking at the door and asked “excuse me, can we please have that code?” would it have been just handed to them? Probably not.
While it was code for older products the concern is that the hackers will use it to find potential vulnerabilities in newer products and expose trade secrets, not an overly unrealistic expectation.
Despite the possibilities, at the end of the day I’m wondering “doesn’t Symantec have some type of security software to stop something like this from happening? ”
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