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Ciberespías armed criminal associations and special programs that steal information digital businesses in 2008 generated losses of one trillion dollars, according to a study by McAfee, the Internet security firm.

"Based on the findings of the study McAfee estimated that the overall damage for loss of data reach the trillion dollars," said company president, Dave DeWalt, the Thursday before the Davos Economic Forum.


This study, the first worldwide on the safety of the information economy ", was conducted with over 800 information officers in Japan, China, India, Brazil, Britain, Dubai, Germany and the United States.

"Companies are underestimating the losses, the value of their intellectual property," said Eugene SPAFFORD, a professor at a university computer science and executive director of the Center for Education Research and Information Security.