Hacker Demanded $50,000 for not releasing Stolen Symantec Source Code. Hackers claim to have stolen source code from Symanteca. Symantech says it never made any offer to meet the extortion demands. Hacker YamaTough threatened to release the code as soon as possible, threatening to do so. Symantsec says it contacted law enforcement after confirming the theft of the code and that the email exchange was, in fact, part of a criminal investigation. The company says the hacker was a false name created by law enforcement agents.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2012/02/yamatough-hacker-demanded-50000-for-not.html