FC: Cops at "cybercrime" summit complain about unhelpful businesses

From: Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
Date: Tue May 01 2001 - 16:04:20 PDT

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       FBI Blasts Reluctant Hackees
       By Ryan Sager and Declan McCullgh
       2:00 a.m. May. 1, 2001 PDT
       
       WASHINGTON -- When U.S. and international police gathered Monday for a
       cybercrime summit, they spent almost as much time complaining about
       unhelpful businesses as malicious hackers.
       
       David Townsend, a member of the FBI's technology task force, chastised
       corporations for under-reporting intrusions.
       
       "There are some big players with a significant interest in keeping
       their problems quiet," Townsend told the National Institute for
       Government Innovation's second cybercrime summit.
       
       Townsend said managers believe that admitting to a hack could hurt
       public perception, even driving stock prices down. (He quipped that
       tech shares had little room left to fall.)
       
       Kevin Mandia, director of computer forensics at Foundstone, said that
       out of 11 recent hacking incidents he handled, not one company decided
       to involve law enforcement.
    
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