Cybercrime for Sony recently cost them a reported $171M but some costs are hidden and never reported. This CNN article offers a perspective on explaining the hidden impact of Cybercrime.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/BUSINESS/06/06/cybercrime.cost/index.html?&hpt=hp_c2
In what might be viewed as a “grey” hat or “white” hat attack, it looks like the NHS in the UK suffered a breach through Web applications from the same group that attacked Sony.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/jun/09/nhs-computers-hacked-lulzsec
Taking the concept of “kicking someone when they’re down” to a whole new level – hacker collective LulzSec continues their onslaught of Sony and compromises Sony’s systems yet again. This time the booty is details of more than 1 million customers from servers that host Sony Pictures websites.
