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==Hacking Incident==

On January 17, 2012, Symantec Spokesman Chris Paden admitted that a hacker with code name “Yama Tough” stole the source code of Norton Security Software particularly the source codes for the 2006 versions of Norton Antivirus Corporate Edition, Norton Internet Security, Norton Utilities, Norton GoBack and pcAnywhere. He recanted the earlier statement of the company that its’ network was not compromised when Yama Tough released the code for the Norton Utilities and promised that it will also release the code for Norton Antivirus software. Yama Tough also claimed in his Twitter account that “the code for pcAnywhere is being released to blackhat community.”<ref>[https://twitter.com/#!/YamaTough/status/158995885727031297 Yama Tough Twitter Account]

On January 17, 2012, Symantec Spokesman Chris Paden admitted that a hacker with code name “Yama Tough” stole the source code of Norton Security Software particularly the source codes for the 2006 versions of Norton Antivirus Corporate Edition, Norton Internet Security, Norton Utilities, Norton GoBack and pcAnywhere. He recanted the earlier statement of the company that its’ network was not compromised when Yama Tough released the code for the Norton Utilities and promised that it will also release the code for Norton Antivirus software. Yama Tough also claimed in his Twitter account that “the code for pcAnywhere is being released to blackhat community.”<ref>[https://twitter.com/#!/YamaTough/status/158995885727031297 Yama Tough Twitter Account]</ref>

According to Paden, pcAnywhere consumers might face a slightly increased security risk because of the situation and the company is reaching out to its customers and providing them information about the issue and remedies to ensure the security of their devices and information. <ref>[http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/011712-symantec-backtracks-admits-own-network-254983.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_am_2012-01-18 Symantec backtracks, admits own network hacked]</ref>

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 ==Hacking Incident==
-On January 17, 2012, Symantec Spokesman Chris Paden admitted that a hacker with code name “Yama Tough” stole the source code of Norton Security Software particularly the source codes for the 2006 versions of Norton Antivirus Corporate Edition, Norton Internet Security, Norton Utilities, Norton GoBack and pcAnywhere. He recanted the earlier statement of the company that its’ network was not compromised when Yama Tough released the code for the Norton Utilities and promised that it will also release the code for Norton Antivirus software. Yama Tough also claimed in his Twitter account that “the code for pcAnywhere is being released to blackhat community.”<ref>[https://twitter.com/#!/YamaTough/status/158995885727031297 Yama Tough Twitter Account]
+On January 17, 2012, Symantec Spokesman Chris Paden admitted that a hacker with code name “Yama Tough” stole the source code of Norton Security Software particularly the source codes for the 2006 versions of Norton Antivirus Corporate Edition, Norton Internet Security, Norton Utilities, Norton GoBack and pcAnywhere. He recanted the earlier statement of the company that its’ network was not compromised when Yama Tough released the code for the Norton Utilities and promised that it will also release the code for Norton Antivirus software. Yama Tough also claimed in his Twitter account that “the code for pcAnywhere is being released to blackhat community.”<ref>[https://twitter.com/#!/YamaTough/status/158995885727031297 Yama Tough Twitter Account]</ref>
 According to Paden, pcAnywhere consumers might face a slightly increased security risk because of the situation and the company is reaching out to its customers and providing them information about the issue and remedies to ensure the security of their devices and information. <ref>[http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/011712-symantec-backtracks-admits-own-network-254983.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_am_2012-01-18  Symantec backtracks, admits own network hacked]</ref>