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Symantec says it has not yet determined how the hackers exactly obtained the cache of older source code they now have. "It is part of an original cache of code for 2006 versions of the products," [Chris Paden] states. "We still have not determined how Anonymous came into possession of the 2006 source code." He adds the investigation by both Symantec and its partners in the law-enforcement community (which it declines to name) is still ongoing. "The incident is not resolved." This law-enforcement sting being the focus of press coverage isn't helping.
Symantec's Chris Paden says the e-mail string posted by Anonymous was actually between them and a fake e-mail address set up by law enforcement. Symantec says after it got the extortion attempt in January, it contacted law enforcement "and turned the investigation over to them." So any e-mail communications seen in the drama unfolding have actually been between Anonymous and law enforcement agents - not Symantec. "This was all part of their investigative techniques for these type of incidents," Paden says.