Hackers Post Symantec Source Code After Failed Extortion Attempt

Hackers have posted source code for Symantec’s pcAnywhere software online after an attempt to extort money from the company fell through.

The extortion try is chronicled in a chain of emails that began in January and culminated with a $50,000 offer to hacker YamaTough in exchange for the code. Everything was not as it seemed, however, according to the company: The hacker was actually communicating with law enforcement.
Link to the emails :http://pastebin.com/GJEKf1T9

http://www.darkreading.com/advanced-threats/167901091/security/attacks-breaches/232600404/hackers-post-symantec-source-code-after-failed-extortion-attempt.html

 

 

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