Theft of Cisco Source Code Stirs Fears of Security Threat

摘要

The theft of proprietary operating system source code from Cisco Systems Inc. poses a potentially serious security threat to corporate networks that use the company's technology, users and analysts said. And the paucity of information released by the networking giant in the wake of last week's disclosure that the code had been stolen is raising troubling questions about what exactly happened and the real extent of the compromise, they added. "We are all waiting to hear what Cisco has to say," said Stephen Smith, network manager at Keystone Mercy Health Plan in Philadelphia.