Re: Cracked; rootkit - entrapment question?

[mstone () CS LOYOLA EDU (Michael Stone)]

On Wed, Mar 15, 2000 at 12:41:13PM -0500, CL: Nelson, Jeff wrote:
> I have contacted the FBI regarding several issues. Some of those issues were
> scans from foreign countries not necessarily friendly to the U.S. We have
> one case pending with them for prosecution (stateside). Seth is correct. The
> FBI will not pursue a case if there is not a specific minimum dollar amount
> associated with the loss. The last I heard from them on this (over 1 year
> ago) that amount was $25,000. Our loss, per the FBI, is tallied based upon
> time and materials used to stop the attack and to repair. I calculated our
> loss for the case we have pending to be less than $15,000. I am expecting
> the agents in charge of this case to tell me they will not be able to go
> further.

How much taxpayer money should be spent on investigating a case that
won't go anywhere?

--
Mike Stone