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> I don't think anyone has attempted to compute the amount of money spent on buffer overflow hacks. But I'm guessing it's in the 10s to 100s of billions of doll
by tekknik 6y ago
> I don't think anyone has attempted to compute the amount of money spent on buffer overflow hacks. But I'm guessing it's in the 10s to 100s of billions of dollars...
Why even bother stating this? “I don’t have any data to back this up but look at this huge number!!!!”
- rhacker 6y agoOne of the tiny gifts you get from Hacker news is that when you put an idea out there, sometimes someone acts on it. It may be wishful thinking, but what if someone attempts to quantify all the C/C++/Java/Perl hacks from history because of this post? :) I know the $ amount is greater than all other security risks in the history of software - even if I don't know the number the only reason to NOT post something about that history would be to defend C/C++, when in fact I am attacking C/C++'s record here.