Nokia Symbian code has been announced

Netease Technology News June 18 news, according to foreign media reports, 6 years ago, someone threatened to announce part of the Symbian operating system source code, Nokia had to pay this criminals millions of euros ransom.

Police have confirmed that they are still investigating the related blackmail and the case is still under processing. Nokia did not immediately comment on the matter. Police said, "We are investigating this ransomware, Nokia is the victim." But the police declined to disclose further details.

Relevant information that has been revealed indicates that the criminal received an encryption key from the heart of the Symbian software and threatened to make it public. After getting this part of the core code, anyone can write extra code for Symbian, including malware that is not different from the legal code of the software.

After getting the blackmail Nokia tried to contact the police and agreed to deliver the cash under the guidance of the police at a parking lot in the center of Tampere, Finland. The money was eventually taken away by extortionists, but it is raspberry that the police were even missing the extortionists.

In 2007, Nokia smartphone market share of 50%, when the Symbian operating system is also used by other manufacturers. Nokia later moved its smartphone to Microsoft's Windows Phone platform, and Microsoft acquired the entire Nokia handset business for 5.6 billion euros earlier this year. (Bing Han)