>> An "idiot" that caused $4.4 billion worth of damage.

Say what?  The "$$$ damage" reports for computer crackers have always
seemed pretty suspect to me - similar to the "street values" reported
for large drug seizures.  I mean, where do you actually GET $4.4
billion?  X million computers infected, each of took a "computer expert"
(worth $$$/hour, of course) some time to fix?  NNN systems offline for
YY hours, at an average revenue rate of $$$, or charged CPU rate of $$?
Gimme a break.  Like anyone actually paid extra for someone to fix this,
or lost an order when they were offline that didn't come in later.  I
hear much of the lost time was in assorted government agencies?  Maybe
that ought to count as a benefit!

The "agents" in Los Alamos did a much more concrete bit of businness.
(not that there were any.  Accidents beat out malice yet again...)

BillW