Microsoft’s long-lived operating system Windows XP—that still powers over 1% of all laptops and desktop computers worldwide—has had its source code leaked online, allegedly, along with Windows Server 2003.
Yes, you heard that right.
The source code for Microsoft’s 19-year-old operating system was published as a torrent file on notorious bulletin board website 4chan, and it’s for the very first time when source code for Microsoft’s operating system has been leaked to the public.
Several reports suggest that the collection of torrent files, which weigh 43GB in size, also said to include the source code for Windows Server 2003 and several Microsoft’s older operating systems, including:
- Windows 2000
- Windows CE 3
- Windows CE 4
- Windows CE 5
- Windows Embedded 7
- Windows Embedded CE
- Windows NT 3.5
- Windows NT 4
- MS-DOS 3.30
- MS-DOS 6.0
The torrent download also includes the alleged…