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Reference
| Title: | Cybercrime against Businesses, 2005 Special Report |
| Author: | Ramona R Rantala [Bureau of Justice Statistics] |
| Source: | |
| Year: | 2008 |
Details
| Subject/Type: | IP Theft - General |
| Focus: | Economic / Financial Impact |
| Country/Territory: | United States of America |
| Objective: | To document the nature, prevalence and impact of cybercrimes against businesses in the United States. |
| Sample: | 7.818 businesses |
| Methodology: | Survey |
Main Findings
In 2005, 3% of businesses surveyed were victim of intellectual property (IP) cyber theft; stolen IP included trade secrets (70% of cases), copyrighted material (47%), patented material (14%), and trademarks (8%). Monetary loss incurred from computer security incidents involving the theft of IP ranged from no loss (9%), to USD 1.000-9.000 (17%), to USD 10.000-99.000 (36%), and to USD 100.000 or more (38%). Theft of IP had the fewest number of incidents (607), but the greatest amount of monetary loss of all types of cyber theft (nearly USD 160 million).
6% of affected businesses reported having no information about what affiliation any computer security offenders had with the business. When at least some offender information was known, suspected offenders were thought to be insiders (84%), outsiders (20%), or others (5%). 88% of businesses that had their IP stolen reported the incident to some person or organisation: within the business (67%), to another organisation (4%), or to law enforcement (27%).
[Date Added: Oct 22, 2008 ]