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U.S. Reigns in Origin of Cyber Attacks, Vendor Says

Posted by Susan Hall Sep 24, 2008 1:02:46 PM

The United States leads the world in cyber attacks originating from within its borders, according to security-as-a-service provider SecureWorks.

 

It recorded 20.6 million attempted attacks from within the United States so far this year, compared with second-place China with 7.7 million, reports vnunet.com. In that story, the company focuses on the number of poorly secured computers in this country, many controlled by botnets. But, of course, dealing with that is SecureWorks' business, so keep that in mind.

 

Meanwhile, Help Net Security clarifies that the numbers are drawn from attacks made on SecureWorks' clients. Other countries stacked up this way: Brazil 166,987 attempted attacks, South Korea 162,289, Poland 153,205, Japan 142,346, Russia 130,572, Taiwan 124,997, Germany 110,493, and Canada 107,483.

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