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FBI: Businesses Loath To Report Hacks
Brian Krebs, Newsbytes 2002-04-08

Ninety percent of businesses and government agencies suffered hacker attacks within the past year, yet only a third of those businesses reported the intrusions to law enforcement, an FBI survey found.

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FBI: Businesses Loath To Report Hacks 2002-04-09
J. J. Horner
Besides, what should they report to the FBI?

Network intrusions from an outside source: Yes.

Pornography by an employee: No

Viruses: No

Worms: No

Port scans: No, it is not illegal

A majority of the attacks listed here are not federal offenses, so they shouldn't be reported. If someone b...

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