The IT Nerd

Back in August of last year, Clorox disclosed that they got pwned in a cyberattack. An attack that took them down for a considerable amount of time. Fast forward to today and we now know what that attack cost. Here’s the section of their Q2 report that speaks to this. Click to enlarge:

In short, recovering from this cyberattack cost them $49 million. Not a trivial amount of cash. And it illustrates that not doing enough to keep the bad guys out can be expensive. Plus you have to wonder what the repetitional damage is since the fact that Clorox got pwned is back in the news. Have you got any guesses on that?

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