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Suing Over Slammer
Mark Rasch, 2003-02-10

The Slammer worm was successful because thousands of users didn't patch Microsoft's security holes. Should we sue them all?

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Fraudulent claims of loss 2003-02-11
Fra. 219
When a company publicly claims some massive dollar figure as a loss due to a security incident -- be it a break-in from a Kevin Mitnick, or a denial of service due to a worm such as Slapper, I always wonder: Is this company going to list this loss in its securities filings? Companies are required ...

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