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> Forrester Research, a technology research firm, said the losses could be as high as $180 billion, or 25 percent of industry revenue, based on the size of the cloud computing, web hosting and outsourcing markets and the worst case for damages.

This was the bit in the Times article that was significant to me.



That estimate is up from a few months ago.

It will go higher. Then, when people have a choice of veriably secure gear and services from non-US companies, we will see a decline in the "they all do it" posts here.




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