5. Geekonomics: The Real Cost of Insecure SoftwareThe Real Cost of Insecure Software In 1996, software defects in a Boeing 757 caused a crash that killed 70 people In 2003, a software vulnerability helped cause the largest U.S. power outage in decades In 2004, known software weaknesses let a hacker invade T-Mobile, capturing everything from passwords to Paris Hiltons photos In 2005, 23,900 Toyota Priuses were recalled for software errors that could cause the cars to shut down at highway speeds In 2006 dubbed The Year of Cybercrime, 7,000 software vulnerabilities were discovered that hackers could use to access private information In 2007, operatives in two nations brazenly exploited software vulnerabilities to cripple the infrastructure and steal trade secrets from other sovereign nations