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Virus writers winning the war, says Microsoft

Dec 3, 2003 4:28PM PST

WIESBADEN (Germany): Creators of computer viruses are winning the battle with law enforcers and getting away with crimes that cost the global economy some US$13bil (RM49bil) this year, a Microsoft official said Wednesday.

David Finn, Microsoft's director of digital integrity for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, cited estimates by BusinessWeek that financial damage this year from bugs like the Blaster worm and the SoBig.F e-mail virus, which crashed systems and disrupted Internet traffic around the world, would total some US$13bil.

The cost of protecting networks against such cyberattacks was put at US$3.8bil (RM14.4bil).

http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2003/12/4/technology/6846935&sec=technology

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