Editing Windows XP (section)

==Source code leak==
On September 23, 2020, [[source code]] for Windows XP with Service Pack 1 and [[Windows Server 2003]] was leaked onto the imageboard [[4chan]] by an unknown user. Anonymous users managed to compile the code, as well as a Twitter user who posted videos of the process on YouTube proving that the code was genuine.<ref>{{cite web|last=Cimpanu|first=Catalin|title=Windows XP leak confirmed after user compiles the leaked code into a working OS|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-xp-leak-confirmed-after-user-compiles-the-leaked-code-into-a-working-os/|access-date=October 1, 2020|website=ZDNet|language=en|archive-date=September 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930191933/https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-xp-leak-confirmed-after-user-compiles-the-leaked-code-into-a-working-os/|url-status=live}}</ref> The videos were later removed on [[Copyright infringement|copyright grounds]] by [[Microsoft]]. The leak was incomplete as it was missing [[Winlogon]] and some other components.<ref>{{cite web|last=Warren|first=Tom|date=September 25, 2020|title=Windows XP source code leaks online|url=https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/25/21455655/microsoft-windows-xp-source-code-leak|access-date=October 1, 2020|website=The Verge|language=en|archive-date=September 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929071344/https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/25/21455655/microsoft-windows-xp-source-code-leak|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="tomshardware">{{cite web|last=Alcorn|first=Paul|date=September 30, 2020|title=Windows XP Source Code Leaked, Posted to 4chan (Update, It Works)|url=https://www.tomshardware.com/news/working-windows-xp-source-code-posted-to-4chan-update|access-date=October 1, 2020|website=Tom's Hardware|language=en|archive-date=October 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006095535/https://www.tomshardware.com/news/working-windows-xp-source-code-posted-to-4chan-update|url-status=live}}</ref> The original leak itself was spread using [[magnet link]]s and torrent files whose payload originally included Server 2003 and XP source code and which was later updated with additional files, among which were previous leaks of Microsoft products, its patents, media about [[conspiracy theories]] on [[Bill Gates]] by [[Anti-vaccine activism|anti-vaccination movements]] and an assortment of PDF files on different topics.<ref>{{cite web|title=Windows XP Source Code Leaked By Apparent Bill Gates Conspiracist|url=https://gizmodo.com/windows-xp-source-code-leaked-by-apparent-bill-gates-co-1845181128|access-date=October 1, 2020|website=Gizmodo|date=September 25, 2020 |language=en-us|archive-date=October 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001165023/https://gizmodo.com/windows-xp-source-code-leaked-by-apparent-bill-gates-co-1845181128|url-status=live}}</ref>

Microsoft issued a statement stating that it was investigating the leaks.<ref name="tomshardware" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://grahamcluley.com/download-windows-xp-source-code-leaks/|title=The Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 source code leaks online|date=September 25, 2020|website=Graham Cluley|access-date=September 29, 2020|archive-date=September 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926025455/https://grahamcluley.com/download-windows-xp-source-code-leaks/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4020805/windows-xp-source-code-leaked|title=Windows XP source code leaked online|date=September 28, 2020|website=www.computing.co.uk|access-date=September 29, 2020|archive-date=October 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002194737/https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4020805/windows-xp-source-code-leaked|url-status=live}}</ref>