Anonymous tweeted:
@AnonymousIRC: Oops, VMWare source leaked? Not goodhttp://pastebin.com/JGxdK6vw to Anonymous contributors. May the Pirate Bay always sail strong!
The leaked documents include what appear to be internal VMWare communications, pasted onto CEIEC letterhead and with official looking stamps. One email exchange, dated June 5, 2003 is from Jeffrey Sheldon to an internal VMWare listserv and has the subject "code review:untruncating segments.
Given the large number of service providers that run vSphere, security issues in ESX could potentially have a broad and widespread impact, according to security researchers. VMware says it is looking into the matter and will be canvassing its industry partners and developers in order to determine the source of the breach.