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August 15, 2003
Who's all over your computer system?
Cyber-crime - which can encompass everything from data or network sabotage, computerised fraud and theft, denial of service attacks, as well as virus infections and Trojan horse implants - will cost companies worldwide about $3 trillion a year if it continues to run unchecked. Two-thirds of all computer users will be affected in one way or another. Scary thought, and for those of us still battling the blaster worm this week, an unpleasantly familiar one. Read the full Research Note, Computerised Crime and Compromised Commerce, from the Parliamentary Library on the issue at http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rn/2003-04/04rn06.pdf. Posted by belinda at August 15, 2003 02:49 PMEmail this