Symantec faces extortion attempt

I heard from Yama ;) that they wanted to pay for it not to be released and not them demanding money or "else" (releasing it). Typical from a company to pwned, to change the story and not look embarrassed .
 
Now hackers have demanded $50,000 (R378,026) to keep the source code from appearing online.
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They did not demand jack, they where offered $50K to keep it secret.

Big difference.
 
After the first three months you have to convince us you have destroyed the code before we pay the balance.
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How could they possibly convince Symantec that the source code has been destroyed? :confused:

It would all have to be done in "good faith". Or "bad faith", whatever "floats-your-boat". :D
 
Negotiations have since broken down, and the source code has apparently made it onto popular torrent websites under the name “Symantec’s pcAnywhere Leaked Source Code”.
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Who bailed? The hackers or Symantec?
 
Totempole said:
Who bailed? The hackers or Symantec?
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Something tells me the hackers, as they didnt do it for the money in the 1st place.

Hacker currency = street cred, worth way more than $50K. If they wanted money they could have sold that code easily for way more than that.
 
Ok guess I was wrong.

entire Email debate found here

Oh and Symantec now came out that Sam Thomas was a law enforcement agent.
 
the real "truth" will never be known
 
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