Kaspersky and Symantec got hacked

[Yanto.Chiang]

Hi All,

Just got a good news in here, that two famous antivirus vendor was hacked by someone which tried to stolen their database.

http://www.detikinet.com/read/2009/11/24/145523/1247899/323/symantec-jadi-bulan-bulanan-dedemit-maya

http://www.detikinet.com/read/2009/02/11/075931/1082891/323/waduh-situs-keamanan-kok-malah-kebobolan

Who wanna try to hacked it?

 

[nmb]

Hello Yanto,

thats a bad thing  :'( . it shouldn't have happened  :'( . we shouldn't laugh at it. anyone it might be, but bad shouldn't happen to anyone.

thanks
nmb

[Shiw Liang]

Wodering why would they hack this?
For an easier job maybe!
But crime doesn't pay,if the people got caught they are doomed for the rest of their life!

[antonpaco]

I think this is a bad new, it may happen to any antivirus, avast included.

[DavidR]

Wodering why would they hack this?

There is little revenue from hacking small sites, but popular ones, the other aspect is people go there seeking help remove malware and this would likely circumvent this. Not to mention the kudos they would be touting having hacked a security site.

But crime doesn't pay,if the people got caught they are doomed for the rest of their life!

Clearly crime does pay or no one would be doing it. If they are caught, very few are unfortunately; doomed, not a chance punishment really is pathetic in most cases, so no real deterrence.

[Omega40]

I did a google search for information (in English) that I could read about this, but found none recently. All entries were from earlier this year.

[YoKenny]

Symantec hacked? Full disk and database access?
http://countermeasures.trendmicro.eu/symantec-hacked-full-disk-and-databse-access

[Omega40]

Thank you, YoKenny. Thought my senility was in full force today. 

[Hermite15]

yeah @ the OP: just because it happened to avast's competitors doesn't mean that it's good news... at all 

[Yanto.Chiang]

Dear All,

I am sorry for that, actually i feel sad too but sometimes this could happened because people feel they are very strong already because they are a big player in security world.

So these news become our warned, if sometimes we become big player don't be arrogant.
Like chinesse philosophy said : There is a more biggest mountain, than another big mountains.

Cheers,