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Old 09-20-2004, 01:34 PM
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Default UK Man Held Over Cisco Source Code Theft
LONDON (Reuters) - Police said on Monday they have arrested a 20-year-old British man on suspicion of stealing Cisco Systems (CSCO.O: Quote, Profile, Research) source code, the basic instructions for the machines that direct Internet traffic across the globe.
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The stolen source code first appeared in May on a Russian Web site and in chat areas and message boards dedicated to hacking, forcing Cisco to notify the Federal Bureau of Investigation and starting a global manhunt for the culprits.
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The code is used to program Cisco computer routers, the most common hardware in usage for directing Internet traffic
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