FBI Says Computer Crime Costs Billions Every Year

Posted by Zonk on Friday January 20, 2006 @05:04AM from the that's-a-pricy-meatball dept.

JamesAlfaro wrote to mention a C|Net article putting a pricetag on computer crime. From the article: "The FBI calculated the price tag by extrapolating results from a survey of 2,066 organizations. The survey, released Thursday, found that 1,324 respondents, or 64 percent, suffered a financial loss from computer security incidents over a 12-month period. The average cost per company was more than $24,000, with the total cost reaching $32 million for those surveyed. Often survey results can be skewed, because poll respondents are more likely to answer when they have experienced a problem. So, when extrapolating the survey results to estimate the national cost, the FBI reduced the estimated number of affected organizations from 64 percent to a more conservative 20 percent. "

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Hello, Mr. Obvious.... by lucabrasi999 · 2006-01-20 05:06 · Score: 0, Offtopic

In other news, the FBI says Osama Bin Laden is a bad guy.
In Other News... by scovetta · 2006-01-20 05:16 · Score: 0, Offtopic

In other news, the director of the Suffolk County Water Authority has released a study concluding that, "Water is wet."

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