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Article: HOUSE PANEL CONSIDERS COMPUTER VIRUS MEASURES
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- Post-Tribune (IN)
- Article date:
- November 9, 1989
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A computer security specialist estimated Wednesday that there have been up to hundreds of thousands of computer virus attacks against American corporations and the government in recent years.
Carolyn Conn, an official of the EDP Auditors Association, told a House panel that the majority of incidents go unreported "because there is not a high expectation of successful prosecution."
Also, she said, "organizations do not want to publicize their vulnerabilities when seemingly there is little or no benefit" from public disclosure.
"The costs are staggering," Conn told the House Judiciary subcommittee on criminal justice. ...