Cyber Crime Facts

• 54,000 serious computer attacks reported on backer-watch.org
• 60% of businesses don't know how much computer attacks cost them.
• 5% who know, estimate it at $5 million per hour.
• 1% of business continuity plans address cyber attacks.
• 3% of business continuity plans address computer viruses.
• Few minutes is what is takes for an unprotected computer to get compromised.
• 1.9 million IP addresses have been linked to Online Child Exploitation ($20 billion industry).
• 29th May 2009: U.S President Barack Obama said that his government was not prepared against disruption caused by hacker attacks.
• A small Baltic country, Estonia, came to a standstill after a wave of cyber attacks.
• March 2009: An IP address originating from China intruded into Indian cyber territory. Hacker attacked the ministry of external affairs website

( Based on excerpts from presentation given by B G Gupta, director, SCI Software India.)