Thursday, January 22

LOOSE wire: The Charting Of An Urban Myth? Or A Double Bluff?  

From LOOSE wire: The Charting Of An Urban Myth? Or A Double Bluff?:

Here's a cautionary tale from Vmyths, the virus myths website, on how urban legends are born.

Vmyths says that Reuters News Agency filed a report from Singapore last week quoting anti-virus manufacturer Trend Micro (makers of PC-cillin) as saying computer virus attacks cost global businesses an estimated $55 billion in damages in 2003. That's a lot of damage. Two spokesmen at Trend Micro have since called Vmyths to correct the report. One said it was wrong. Another said Trend Micro cannot gauge a damage value -- because they simply don't collect the required data.

This ties in with this blog entry about how I didn't believe that figure. This fully explains why I (and others) don't believe it either. Sigh. What the hell ever became of fact checking?

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