"Symantec tried to bribe hackers not to release their source code"

Lame imho from Anonymous

From the exchange it feels more like "hackers tried to get Symantec to pay them money, but got tired of waiting".

Wow that was obnoxious to read. Interesting though, I guess

lol, how pathetic.

symantec actually wanted to have the hackers publicly state that they lied about ever doing it.

They would have been lucky enough to get their code back in the first place.

Anything happen as a result? Symantec get fucked? Cause my school uses it Norton Antivirus lol.

So the "Norton Corporation" got hacked by Mexican script kiddies? Oh wow.

Their service was horrible, no wonder they got fucked like this. It's probably just Karma fighting back.

tbh, symantec and norton are pretty terrible.

"we assure you we are man of honor we keep our promise."

My god that make me lol

Too much text, needs editing xD

It's pretty common for security teams to pay people who find flaws in their software, on the basis that in exchange for the money, the hackers don't release any of it publicly. Google and Mozilla both have pages on their website offering huge amounts of money to anyone reporting major security flaws in their products.

The source code was only for pcAnywhere. Symantec will buy another IP and turn it into garbage like they've done to everything else. Poor PGP.

Norton is horribad. Just use MSE.

Symantec tried to bribe them? From that it sounded more like the hackers were the ones wanting the money. Why else would they have talked to Symantec rep at all.

Kidnapper: "Parents tried to bribe us not to kill their child!"

They said they were going to auction it off, that ppl wanted to buy it. And then they just released it for free? So they got no money in the end ?