London, UK - 1 September 2003, 11:00 GMT - August has become the worst month for digital damage in the wake of the infamous Sobig and MSBlast malware according to mi2g, the world leader in digital risk. $32.8 billion of economic damages have been calculated for August as a result of overt and covert hacker attacks as well as malware - virus and worm - infections. $29.7 billion of economic damages worldwide are traced back to Sobig alone - the largest damage amount directly attributable to one type of malware or hacker incidence - according to the mi2g Intelligence Unit.

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