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McAfee: '$1 trillion global cyber crime cost was over the top'

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McAfee CTO Mike Fey admits to 'flawed' estimate for global cyber crime costs

Mike Fey, global chief technology officer at security software company McAfee, has retracted the company's claims that pinned worldwide losses from cyber crime at more than $1tn, adding that suppos...

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