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Sporkman
February 16th, 2010, 04:49 PM
China leads the world in hacked computers, McAfee study says

By Ellen Nakashima
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, February 15, 2010

More private computers were commandeered by hackers for malicious purposes in China in the last quarter of 2009 than in any other country, including the United States, according to a new study by an Internet security company.

These "zombie" computers are often grouped into "botnets," or armies of infected computers that can be used to send spam e-mail or attack Web sites, according to McAfee, a Silicon Valley security firm. The company, which said it collects information about Internet-based threats that target more than 100 million computers in 120 countries, said that in the last three months of 2009, about 1,095,000 computers in China and 1,057,000 in the United States were infected...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/14/AR2010021403817.html?wprss=rss_technology

Tristam Green
February 16th, 2010, 05:43 PM
This should not be a surprise for *anyone*. If it is, I'm shocked and ashamed.

Mahngiel
February 16th, 2010, 05:47 PM
I'm noticing a trend with you today about China... you doing research?

CJ Master
February 16th, 2010, 05:48 PM
This should not be a surprise for *anyone*. If it is, I'm shocked and ashamed.

^

China is known for it's piracy.

Sporkman
February 16th, 2010, 05:58 PM
I'm noticing a trend with you today about China... you doing research?

No - I just scan tech headlines on occasion, and the only two worth posting today had to do with China.

I almost posted an article today about RIM giving away a free version of its server software, but then I thought "meh".

FuturePilot
February 16th, 2010, 06:01 PM
This should not be a surprise for *anyone*. If it is, I'm shocked and ashamed.

This.

audiomick
February 16th, 2010, 06:17 PM
I'd be interested in seeing the numbers expressed as statistics against total population and total number of computers in the country.

steveneddy
February 16th, 2010, 06:33 PM
I thought we knew this already.