Funny I am going to be having a talk with Symantec on Tuesday, they say they are still investigating the issue and that it didn't happen on their network but on a partners network. Z
Edward E. Ziots Senior Informational Security Engineer CISSP,Security +,Network+ > From: kennedy...@elyriaschools.org > To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com > Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 16:01:02 -0500 > Subject: RE: Huge Security Breach At Security Firm Symantec No Threat To > Consumers, Analyst Says | Fox News > > I would guess to meet their militaries requirements for security/safety > Symantec had to provide it. I would expect that is a pretty standard practice > across most governments. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 3:53 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Huge Security Breach At Security Firm Symantec No Threat To > Consumers, Analyst Says | Fox News > > On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Michael B. Smith <mich...@smithcons.com> > wrote: > > I hate to defend Symantec, but the breach wasn't Symantec's. More info here: > > http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/01/symantec-source-code-leaked/ > > Okay, do we know why India's military intelligence agency had > Symantec's source code? The article says, "We have ... source codes > of a dozen software companies which have signed agreements with Indian > TANCS programme and CBI." Are they trying to say Symantec had a > source code sharing agreement with the Indians? > > If this just means India stole Symantec's code first, that's not better. :) > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
