Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!julian!uwovax!4006_232
From: 4006_232@uwovax.uwo.ca (Mike Bennett)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Damage Estimates of the Worm Attack
Summary: Request for examples of damage caused by the`Nov attack
Keywords: worm attack, damage
Message-ID: <1898@uwovax.uwo.ca>
Date: 20 Mar 89 09:59:44 GMT
Reply-To: mike@uwocsd.uwo.ca
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Organisation: University of Western Ontario, Canada


To the Net:
	We are doing a paper on the econimic nomic effect
of last November's worm attack on the Internet.
Rumour has it that the cost of the attack was about
a hundred million dollars. Can anyone verify that figure?
	Also, if anyone has oersoonal personal examples of 
real hjardarsdship caused by non-availability of the a computer
disabled by the worm, could you please forward the stories to me?
Also, examples of losat data, financila al costs incrued by thecurred by
the   attack would be welcome. We will be happy to post the
final results to the community.

The purpose of our research is to attempt to place a dololarlar  
and personal cost to such attacks that could eventually be
factored into risk analysis of viruses. These is no other
purpose for this request; please change names etc if you wish.
			Thanx in advance
			Mike Bennett, PhD Prof. MMichael Bennett