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Article: Cybersleuths: help wanted: computer experts to purge hackers and other criminals from our digital systems.(focus)(Cover Story)
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- Career World, a Weekly Reader publication
- Article date:
- September 1, 2005
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Do you want to foil evil plots, hunt international criminals, and bring bad guys to justice? You don't need a big red S on your chest. Instead, become a cybersleuth and solve crimes like the computer crash that cost one travel company a small fortune.
How long was the company's site off-line? Only two hours. How much money did the company lose? A whopping $10,000 per minute. "A big virus outbreak literally brought down their Web page," says Scott Newman, head of the information technology program at Oklahoma State University at Okmulgee. "They couldn't communicate with the outside world." In the end, that break-in and the resulting lack of communication cost the ...