Hey, some people steal code.

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Perhaps he hatched an elaborate plot to steal sensitive code as explosive as a Wikileak.

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But the black matrix bar code symbols have become a harbor for malicious code writers who devise ways to steal personal data.

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Now that Digg has caved to its users and allowed them to post the code, attorney Gregory Rutchik of the San Francisco-based Arts and Technology Law Group says the site could be sued by the AACS. "Giving someone code that expressly instructs how to steal content is infringing, " Rutchik says, pointing to the 2600 case as a precedent.

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Popular Apple programs iTunes and QuickTime are being used by malware code writers to hack into computer platforms and potentially steal data, Russian-based cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab said Friday.

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