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...though, U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno is just glad the cybersheriff is on the case. While crimes such as e-mail fraud, trade-secret hacking and child pornography are generally considered the province of federal authorities, they are so prevalent today that the Justice Department and FBI are outmanned. A survey of Fortune 500 companies by the Justice Department and the Computer Security Institute estimated that financial losses from computer crime exceeded $360 million from 1997 to 1999. With the volume of e-commerce predicted to rise, from more than $100 billion last year to $1 trillion in 2003, computer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sipowicz Goes Cyber | 4/10/2000 | See Source »

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