The yearly cost of cybercrime may have surpassed that brought in by the illegal trades in marijuana, cocaine and heroin combined, according to a new survey conducted by security firm Symantec. Annual losses resulting from cybercrime are valued at $388 billion, when accounting for both direct cash losses ($114 billion) and the value of time lost responding to attacks ($274 billion) By contrast, illicit sales of marijuana, heroin and cocaine industry are an estimated $288 billion industry, with the drug trade, in its entirety, worth roughly $411 billion.
Source: https://threatpost.com/cybercrime-profits-approaching-those-drug-trade-090711/75625/