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Monday February 13, 2012

EDITOR'S NOTE

Good afternoon,

This week, we look at how Symantec handled a $50,000 extortion attempt over its stolen source code.

The vendor claimed to have been working with US police throughout three weeks of ransom negotiations. What would you have done?

-- Liz Tay

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