Reuters reported about "Bitkom surveyed 503 top
managers and security chiefs from across Germany's
manufacturing sector" and reported that "Two thirds of
Germany's manufacturers have been hit by cyber-crime attacks,
costing industry in Europe's largest economy some 43 billion
euros ($50 billion),...". The September 13, 2018 article
entitled "Cyber attacks cost German industry almost $50
billion: study" included these details:
German security officials have long been sounding the alarm
about the risk of well-resourced foreign spy agencies using cyber
attacks to steal the advanced manufacturing techniques that have
made Germany one of the world's leading exporters.
The survey identified risks across the spectrum, with a
third of companies surveyed reporting mobile phones had been stolen
and a quarter saying they had lost sensitive digital data.
