Symantec has been scrabbling around trying address a security breach from 2006 that came to light recently. But the fact that the company wasn’t sure its was hacked in the first place doesn’t exactly inspire confidence.
https://gizmodo.com/hackers-threaten-to-dump-norton-antivirus-source-code-t-5876683
Symantec originally said that the worst case scenario was that hackers had stolen some five-year-old versions of some business-centric software. Since, they’ve suggested that corporate users should stop using their software. Turns out, they’re not entirely sure what did happen. A Symantec spokesperson told Wired:
“We knew there was an incident in 2006, but it was inconclusive at the time as to whether or not actual code was taken.”
I am certainly not about to hold Symantec up as some kind of bastion of online security. But, when a company that trades on digital security can’t tell exactly how it’s been hacked, what the hell does that say about the industry as a whole? [Wired; Image: mmckeay]
