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Ashura
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A landmark study on Department of Justice (US) network crime prosecutions reveals most attacks used stolen IDs and passwords, resulting in far greater damages to affected organizations than previously thought: up to $10 million per occurrence and on average more than $1.5 million per occurrence.
Previous studies on the financial damage of computer crimes used surveys of affected organizations, leading to often-questionable data and conclusions about such crimes. This new study conducted by research and advisory firm Trusted Strategies analyzed data validated by the legal process of all cases prosecuted and publicly disclosed by the Department of Justice between March 1999 and February 2006.