The kernel source code (NTOS) was available for years through an academic program[1], it was easily findable on emule/edonkey/torrent. IIRC, the implementation

The kernel source code (NTOS) was available for years through an academic program[1], it was easily findable on emule/edonkey/torrent. IIRC, the implementation of NTFS was not included. This leak is the full source code of Windows XP, both kernel and userland (+50 Gigabytes). [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20100213105753/https://www.microsoft.com/resources/sharedsource/windowsacademic/researchkernelkit.mspx https://web.archive.org/web/20100213105753/https://www.micro...