Symantec Says It Was Target of Extortion Attempt Over Code

7 February 2012, 12:15 pm

Symantec Corp., the biggest maker of computer-security software, said a person claiming to be part of the Anonymous group tried to extort $50,000 to keep it from posting stolen source code on the Internet.... Read More »

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