Top 10 cyberattacks ranked by their estimated nominal dollar cost
The answer depends on what counts as a cost. A global computer worm can generate billions of dollars in estimated cleanup and lost productivity across many organizations. A breach at one company produces a narrower, often better-documented bill. The ranking below uses commonly cited nominal dollar estimates to compare both kinds of attack. It is a guide to their reported economic scale, not an audited league table: estimates for older worms are especially uncertain, and the figures have not been adjusted for inflation.1. MyDoom: approximately $38 billionFirst identified back in 2004, MyDoom propagated via email attachments, infecting systems with extraordinary…
