RE: Y2K trojans, and outsourcing...

[Cohen Liota <cohen_liota () securecomputing com>]

Actually, the FBI has some stats on this.

Cheers,
Cohen

At 11:22 PM 7/16/99 -0400, you wrote:
> The only Trojans that the reporters at NBC know anything about come in foil
> packages.  If you rely on the lamestream media for your technology news
> you're in deep trouble.
>
> Did they happen to provide any references to this rumor?
>
> Rich Shappard
> Client Technical Associate
> Global Client Support Center
> AT&T Solutions
>
>               -----Original Message-----
>               From:   R. DuFresne [mailto:dufresne () sysinfo com]
>               Sent:   Friday, July 16, 1999 7:01 PM
>               To:     firewall-wizards () nfr net
>               Subject:        Y2K trojans, and outsourcing...
>
>
>
>               The national news for NBC ran an interesting topic tonight;
>
>               Estimating that some company/industry faces a loss potential
> of a billion
>               or more at least, due to a backdooring trojan inserted by
> one or more
>               consultants brought in to fix the Y2K problem...
>
>               Thanks,
>
>               Ron DuFresne
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