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Re:Google China hackers stole source code by rmorrison on Wednesday March 03, 2010 @07:42PM (#1165709)
Stuff like this is why it's important for all developers to study computer security. It is possible to create computer systems such that malicious users are unlikely to break into them, even if they have the entire system's source code. For example, look at heavily used open source software.

It seems like a lot of developers write closed source, commercial systems with the assumption that malicious users will never see it.

Re:Google China hackers stole source code by yesimahuman on Wednesday March 03, 2010 @10:40PM (#1166088)
Perhaps they don't have enough of an incentive to make it bullet proof. That or they aren't given enough time to do so. Let's admit it, we all make mistakes, and if you aren't given enough time to analyze your code, security issues might very well make it into production.