RE: Revenue loss due to breakins

["Reeves, Michael (GEAE, Compaq)" <michael.reeves () ae ge com>]

I am with you 100% on that. The ramifications from a marketing standpoint
would probably cost more that the initial damage by the intruder. I did get
a link from someone  http://www.cybercrime.gov/cccases.html which has a few.
It actually has some pretty entertaining information on it. Thanks to
everyone who responded. 

Mike



-----Original Message-----
From: JohnNicholson () aol com [mailto:JohnNicholson () aol com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 4:38 PM
To: incidents () securityfocus com
Cc: michael.reeves () ae ge com
Subject: Re: Revenue loss due to breakins


Companies tend to keep that kind of information very close to the vest.  The
multi-billion dollar estimates are worth about the electrons that they were
communicated with (see Rob Rosenberger's diatribes about this at
www.vmyths.com).

Assuming you can even get a company to officially admit that they were
cracked (which is unlikely) or hit by a virus, they are not likely to tell
you how much damage was done.

John

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