Feeling insecure, are we? Go ahead, be paranoid. Hackers are out to get you
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The rise in computer hacking is costing business a great deal of time and resources as they attempt to secure corporate data. In 1997 $6.3 billion dollars will be spent by companies world wide on computer network security. The figure is expected to rise to $12.9 billion by the turn of the century, and it includes only the expenses for outside contractors not in-house security hardware and software products. To combat hackers, many companies hire computer-security professionals that attempt to break into the corporate computer system. Computer crime is being treated by the FBI as a long-term campaign. Cyberspace investigations are now included in the training of new recruits at the bureau. Hacking information is readably available in books, Web sites and software programs. The going street price for breaking into a corporate Web site is approximately $8,000 to $10,000.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1997
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Study sees holes in Internet Security Plan
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Computer scientists at the Center for Democracy and Technology believe the technical changes the government has planned for unlocking data-scrambling software on the Internet could actually increase the security risks as well as raise the prices of on-line commerce. The study done by the nonprofit organization in Washington challenges the government's plan for pursuing terrorists and criminals on the Internet. The government's plan would make US computer companies establish a system enabling law enforcement officials to obtain the code with a court warrant before they could export data-scrambling software. The plan has raised political opposition domestically and made several foreign governments rather skeptical.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1997
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The prosecution almost rests; government paints Microsoft as monopolist and bully
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Now that the end of the prosecution's case has nearly come, we fully understand the image of Microsoft in the eyes of the government. It doesn't seem a simple matter of monopolies that is the sole driving force behind the Federal Justice Department. Through witness after witness from the whole host of Microsoft's competitors, we are to see this software corporation as a monopoly, and the corporate character as a "bully."
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1999
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