Symantec Code Stolen!

The notorious group, Anonymous, stole some code from anti-virus and security company Symantec in India… wow!

Symantec says some source code stolen, no customer information exposed

“Symantec confirmed today that a group of Anonymous members based in India obtained source code based on a small amount of code released by the group this morning.

This is the second attack focused on Internet security companies performed by the hacker collective, Anonymous. The group recently infiltrated the servers of security analyst firm Stratfor stealing over 9,000 credit card numbers and other personally identifiable information. At the time Anonymous threatened to use the credit cards to make donations to charities as part of its vigilante appearance. In general, Anonymous doesn’t have a unified agenda, but it seems embarrassing security companies by infiltrating them and stealing credit cards and code is the flavor of the week.

Symantec, which creates anti-virus software for both businesses and consumers, discovered the potential hack on Wednesday when the group posted about its newest trophy on an Internet forum. At the time, Symantec believed only some documentation on source code built in 1999 was compromised. According to Symantec spokesperson Cris Paden, who spoke with VentureBeat over e-mail, the cyber criminals posted a segment of code on the same forum, which led Symantec researchers to confirm the code’s theft. The source code is of two outdated enterprise-grade anti-virus products built five or six years ago. No consumer products have been compromised.”