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Heartbleed Pricetag To Top $500 Million?

Posted by samzenpus on from the price-tag dept.

darthcamaro (735685) writes "The Heartbleed OpenSSL vulnerability has dominated IT security headlines for two weeks now as the true impact the flaw and its reach is being felt. But what will all of this cost? One figure that has been suggested is $500 million, using the 2001 W.32 Nimda worm as a precedent. Is that number too low — or is it too high?"

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  1. Re:Low by slashmydots · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That's ridiculous. I download firmware patches, software patches, etc on a daily basis. Patching heartbleed wouldn't even be out of the ordinary for my job as CIO. It basically costs IT nothing.

  2. Maybe... by charles05663 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Maybe the companies that rely on open source software will realize that supporting the projects financially is in their best interest instead of freeloading like they do now.