Monday, February 10, 2003

News: Calculating the cost of Slammer
On Thursday, London-based market intelligence firm Mi2g said that the worm caused between $950 million and $1.2 billion in lost productivity in its first five days worldwide. That puts the worm at No. 9 on the company's list of the most costly malicious code, behind the likes of the Code Red worm, with its average of $2.6 billion in productivity loss; the LoveLetter virus, with $8.8 billion; and the Klez virus, with $9.0 billion.

"For all the hype of Slammer, it is not as dire as many people think," said D.K. Matai, CEO of Mi2g. "Just in case you think the sky fell down on Saturday, it didn't."
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-982955.html

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