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Virus costs skyrocket ($10.7 billion!)

Steven Parker   on 02 September 2001 - 01:10 · no comments & 44 views

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Thanks WinOSCentral The cost of coping with the Code Red computer worms that were unleashed on the Internet in July and August has reached about $2.6 billion, an independent research firm said on Friday.

While hefty, that was just a part of the total cost of attacks on computer systems this year.

The cost of virus attacks on information systems around the world reached an estimated $10.7 billion so far this year, according to Computer Economics of Carlsbad, California. That compares with $17.1 billion for all of 2000 and $12.1 billion in 1999, Computer Economics said.

News source: CNN Financial Network


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