Topic: SECURITY - on May 17, 2004 at 2:08:00 PM CEST
Cisco source code stolen?
A Russian security site is reporting that the source code for the Cisco IOS 12.3 Operating System was stolen. According to the report, some hackers compromised Cisco's corporate network and stole at least 800MB of source code. One of those who allegedly gained access boasted about the break-in and made a 2.5MB snippet of the code available on IRC not long after the alleged break-in.
If true, this could cause big problems not only for Cisco, but for the entire Internet.... Comment
15 May 2004
Leak of Source Code CiSCO IOS?
SecurityLab discovered that on May 13th, 2004 all the source code of the operating system CISCO IOS 12.3, 12.3t were stolen; these codes are used in most of the networks of CISCO. The total volume of the stolen information totals about 800 Mb in archives.
According to our information, the leak of source code fragments occurred due to the break-in into the corporate network of CISCO Systems. The representatives for CISCO Systems have not commented on the incident.
The information leaked was from a certain individual under the nickname "franz" at #darknet@EFnet IRC where he presented a small part of the source code (around 2.5 Mb) as proof.
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