When Antivirus Firms Can't Tell They've Been Hacked, We're All
Doomed  Symantec has been scrabbling around trying address a
security breach from 2006 that came to light recently. But the
fact that the company wasn't sure its was hacked in the first
place doesn't exactly inspire confidence.  Symantec originally
said that the worst case scenario was that hackers had stolen
some five-year-old versions of some business-centric software.
Since, they've suggested that corporate users should stop using
their software. Turns out, they're not entirely sure what did
happen. A Symantec spokesperson told Wired:  "We knew there was
an incident in 2006, but it was inconclusive at the time as to
whether or not actual code was taken."  I am certainly not about
to hold Symantec up as some kind of bastion of online security.
But, when a company that trades on digital security can't tell
exactly how it's been hacked, what the hell does that say about
the industry as a whole? [Wired; Image: mmckeay]