Most hack attacks originate in the US says report

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Most hack attacks originate in the US says report

by Grant Robertson Mar 20th 2007

More hack attacks originate from inside the US than from anywhere else on earth and, increasingly they're coming from more organized and focused groups. Those are the findings of a report released yesterday by security firm Symantec.

The US was the source for 31 percent of attacks, with China following a distant second at 10 percent according to the report. To make matters worse, thanks to this vibrant underground run-amok, your credit card info can be purchased for as little as $1 US, and full sets of identification credentials (name, address, mother's maiden, etc) can be had for only $14 bucks. Yikes!

In unrelated news, my name will be Robert Paulsen from here on out. I got a sweet deal too!

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

tpp said 2:19PM on 3-20-2007

Did they count hacking attempts done through zombies in the US as coming from within the US?

If so, then the study is mistating their findings. How many of those zombies are controlled by someone abroad? They have no way of knowing.

James said 3:53PM on 3-20-2007

Agreed w/ tpp -- I would wager that the reason the US is so well-represented is that the US probably has close to a simple majority of all the world's net-connected computers. If you adjusted for attacks on a per-PC basis, you'd probably find that the numbers are reversed.

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