Hacker says will release Symantec Corp’s Norton antivirus software source code

Hacker says will release Symantec source code

Reuters

A computer hacker said on Friday it would release the source code for Symantec Corp’s Norton antivirus software, citing a lawsuit that had been filed against the company.

The message appeared on hacker Yama Tough’s Twitter feed, saying the code would be disclosed “today.”

Symantec this week said that hackers had stolen a chunk of source code from a third party, but that the company’s own network had not been breached. The company described the code as several years old.

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