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Hacker Demanded $50,000 for not releasing Stolen Symantec Source Code

7-February-201219-February-2012 Prasanna Sherekar

According to email transcripts posted to Pastebin yesterday, and confirmed by the company, a group of hackers attempted to extort $50,000 from Symantec in exchange for not releasing its stolen PCAnywhere and Norton Antivirus source code. Hackers associated with the group Anonymous known as the Lords of Dharamaja leaked what appears to be another 1.27 […]

Hackers Threaten to Post Source Code for Symantec Product

5-January-201217-January-2012 Prasanna Sherekar

Hackers have posted a file online that they claim is a confidential glimpse into Symantec’s Norton Antivirus program and have threatened to release source code for the security giant’s flagship antivirus product. The hacker group, which calls itself the Lords of Dharmaraja, posted a file on Pastebin that it said described the confidential workings of […]