Almost a year after the theft and distribution of Cisco source code integral to much of the Internet’s infrastructure, a Swedish teenager is suspected of stealing the software and using university computers to crack U.S. government systems and Web sites. The individual’s attacks are said to have included numerous other online properties as well that may number in the thousands. The reported arrest of a 16-year-old in Uppsala, Sweden in connection with the attacks comes after authorities across the globe investigated the breach of Cisco IOS operating system source code.
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Apparently Cisco is one of those companies that hasn't yet gotten it through their heads that obfuscation (i.e. not letting anyone know how something works) does not equal security and that not bothering to find or fix bugs because they don't think anyone will ever know about them doesn't work... And that is 'even' if code wasn't stolen.
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Cisco Code Theft Suggests Wide-Scale Vulnerability
Posted by: Jay Lyman May 11, 2005 01:20 PMAlmost a year after the theft and distribution of Cisco source code integral to much of the Internet’s infrastructure, a Swedish teenager is suspected of stealing the software and using university computers to crack U.S. government systems and Web sites. The individual’s attacks are said to have included numerous other online properties as well that may number in the thousands. The reported arrest of a 16-year-old in Uppsala, Sweden in connection with the attacks comes after authorities across the globe investigated the breach of Cisco IOS operating system source code.
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