[Gllug] The total cost of ownership to Ealing Council

[Alain Williams]

On Tue, Sep 01, 2009 at 09:44:32AM +0000, Chris Bell wrote:
> On Tue 01 Sep, Hari Sekhon wrote:
> > 
> > Chris Bell wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >    Ealing council have put the direct plus indirect cost of a single virus
> > > attack to their IT system at 500,000. It was introduced via a memory stick
> > I bet most of that is in IT consultancy... I can't even see it being in 
> > revenue loss because let's face it, what does the council ever do except 
> > collect and redistribute tax money? It's not like they are an online 
> > e-commerce site...
> > 
> > Do you know how they estimated this cost or how many systems were affected?
> > 
> > -h
> > 
> 
>    I understand that the full report is to be submitted within the next few
> days, but according to the news report on www.ealingtoday.co.uk

Pls let us know when it comes out ... I would like a copy for my web site.

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