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Hackonomics: The cost of getting caught

  • April 27, 2014
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Summary: A recent RAND Corporation report on the cyber black market for exploits and zero days detailed a market where the fear of getting caught dictates economics. It left us wondering: What's the cost of getting caught?

If you want to find out how much it costs if you get caught selling exploits, don't bother with comparisons to drug dealing — or even hacking.

ZDNet discovered it might be more useful instead to find out how much it costs to get busted for arms trading.

The recent RAND Corporation report on the "cyber black market" for exploits and zero days detailed a market where the fear of getting caught dictates economics. It left us wondering: What's the cost of getting caught?
 
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