rimes. Most of these crimes committed were intentional. This raises the issue of competitors' attempts to gain information on their closest competitor. For example, Boeing Aircraft accused Airbus of bugging Boeing employees' hotel rooms and airline seats and tapping the telephone lines in order to get information.
Financial Attacks are most often committed by people inside or close to the company. Obviously, people most familiar with a company's system and operations can commit a crime and easily cover their trails. An MCI assistant was arrested for selling thousands of credit card numbers obtained over telecommunication lines. The total cost of the incident was $50 million. When these criminals are placed in prison, more financial attacks can occur. Prisoners at Metro Jails (Tennessee) were able to illegally access long distance telephone accounts in order to sell calls to other prisoners.
The motivation behind terrorist attacks is simple: why knock out electricity in only one city when you can do the same for an entire state? Computer faci
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