An FBI survey reveals that computer hackers have attacked most large corporations and government agencies; more often and more frequently they do not inform authorities of the breaches The survey released Sunday discovered about 90 percent of respondents detected computer security breaches in the past year but only 34 percent reported those attacks to authorities. . . .
An FBI survey reveals that computer hackers have attacked most large corporations and government agencies; more often and more frequently they do not inform authorities of the breaches The survey released Sunday discovered about 90 percent of respondents detected computer security breaches in the past year but only 34 percent reported those attacks to authorities.

According to the survey, many respondents cited the fear of bad publicity about computer security. "There is much more illegal and unauthorized activity going on in cyberspace than corporations admit to their clients, stockholders and business partners or report to law enforcement," Patrice Rapalus, director of the Computer Security Institute told AP. The Computer Security Institute conducted the survey with the FBI's San Francisco computer crime squad.

According to AP, he seventh annual survey polled a total of 503 American corporations, government agencies, financial and medical institutions and universities. The names of the organizations polled were not released. Overall, the survey revealed that there were more computer crimes than in last year's survey. But fewer victims reported crimes to police than in 2001, reversing a trend from earlier surveys.

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