Microsoft probes possible Windows source code leak

Microsoft is investigating rumors that the secret code underlying its Windows NT and Windows 2000 operating systems has leaked out and is available on the Internet, a company spokeswoman said Thursday. The supposed leak was reported by Microsoft enthusiast Web site Neowin.net, which called it "shocking and potentially devastating news." The source code of the two OSes (operating systems) are rumored to be spreading on a peer-to-peer file-sharing network as well as on IRC (Internet relay chat).

"The rumor regarding the availability of Microsoft source code is based on the speculation of an individual who saw a small section of unidentified code and thought it looked like Windows source code. Microsoft is looking into this as a matter of due diligence," the spokeswoman said.

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