Security News > 2020 > September > Microsoft claims to love open source – this alleged leak of Windows XP code is probably not what it had in mind, tho
The source code for Windows XP and other elderly Microsoft operating systems appears to have leaked online as the mega-corp's Ignite developer shindig came to an end.
The source of the alleged code leak is unclear; a torrent for the archive popped up on internet armpit 4chan and contains what appears to be Windows XP Service Pack 1, as well as some other past-their-sell-by-date flavours of Microsoft's greatest hits.
Support for Windows XP finally came to an end in 2014, although the Windows POSReady 2009 lingered on until 2019.
It is tricky to know just how much legacy code from Windows XP might be lurking in the damp basement of its newest and shiniest.
The Windows XP source code leak is a welcome surprise.
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