February 22, 1995
VIA FACSIMILE 310/996-3359 &
U.S. MAIL
Kathleen Carson, Special Agent
Federal Bureau of Investigation
11000 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90024
Re: Kevin Mitnick
Dear Kathleen: Congratulations on the arrest of Kevin Mitnick. Pursuant to your
request, I asked our Cellular group to assess the damages caused to Fujitsu
Network Transmission Systems, Inc. ("FNTS") by Mitnick's theft of the source code
for the PCX telephone. The infor mation provided to me is as follows:
Software development expenses ...... $1,100,000.00
Research & development expenses ..... 1.000.000.00
Total . . . $2,100,000.00
Additionally, attached is a worksheet showing what it would (will) cost FNTS to
recall the PCX phones in the marketplace if the source code has been compromised
or is not safe. Please call me at (214) 479-2931 if you need further information
Very truly yours,
Melanie W. Scofield
Corporate Counsel
MWS/lm
Attachment
cc: George Banash
To: Nobuo Yamamoto COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL
Yoichiro Fujino DO NOT RELEASE
PCX Recall Cost Analysis
PCX Recall for Software Rework
COST ITEMS
DESCRIPTION PRICE COMMENT REFERENCE
Shipping $17.31Fed. Exp.=$7.50x2 + $2.31(PACKAGE) B5
Pre-Check $4.00Bench test to confirm operational statusB6
Labor to upgrade software$8.5015 min. @ $34.00 per hour B7
QC Cost $4.00After repair QC check - 6 min B8
Packing & Handling labor $6.40Overhead cost to unpack/pack & ticket9.6m B9
Customer Handling $15.00Dealer,FASC,End-User Compensation B10
PCX Admin. Overhead $2.00Mass Mailing,Accounting,Repair Admin,Misc B11
TOTAL $57.21 Total Cost per Recall Unit SUM(B5:B11)
GRAND TOTAL $5,517,389.61 Total recall cost for 96,441 unit population
CCN-2/21/95
Recall for source code rework. Based on population through December 1994
PCXRCL.XLS