12 August 2011

Hacker Switches Sides to Help Public Safety Stave Off Cyber Attacks #cyberwar #cybercrime

Nearly half the cyber-attacks hitting Chinese systems, whether they are botnets, Trojans or Web attacks, originate abroad, and the United States is the source for the largest share, Chinese officials said.

Close to 493,000 Trojan attacks hit Chinese systems in 2010, with nearly half originating from outside the country, China's National Computer Network Emergency Response technical team said Aug. 10, according to a report from thestate news service Xinhua. Of the 221,000 attacks identified as originating from outside China, 14.7 percent came from the United States and 8.8 percent from India, CNCERT officials said.

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