Though on twitter, Anonymous says it was Symantec trying to bribe them: https://twitter.com/#!/YourAnonNews/status/16689812134180454...

I dont know where you got that from. If you read the email thread it's clear Anon was asking for money from the beginning. It's clear extorsion. How is that at all Symantec trying to bribe them?

> The motive was apparently blackmail and an attempt to shake down Symantec for $50k

Symantec was the one offering the bribe. Well it wasn't even Symantec, they lied, it was FBI.

Please remove this post as it is misinformation, whether intentional or not.

> According to the email exchange, he also said that he was going to publish these facts and the source code unless Symantec paid him $50,000.

Either I am completely misteading Gizmodo or they are lying. In either case it seems too late to remove the post.