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| Thread ID: 79573 | 2007-05-24 22:33:00 | Hackers in NZ | Nomad (952) | PC World Chat |
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| 552818 | 2007-05-24 22:33:00 | New Zealand has more computer hackers per head of population than anywhere else apart from Britain, a new report on "cybervandalism" across 10 countries has found. New Zealand rated one hack for every 638 users, network security group TippingPoint said. Britain attracted the highest attack ratio, with one attack for every 479 internet users. Australia was third on the list of 10 countries with one attack per 732 users. Well it over-represented could be NZ's smaller population or maybe NZ has more freedom or that we have more fee time or a picky bunch who wants to provoke a debate or something else :illogical |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 552819 | 2007-05-24 22:56:00 | Sounds like a company selling intrusion detection systems has just pulled some figures out of its donkey to impress future customers. Probably planning a sales trip to Aus & NZ. | PaulD (232) | ||
| 552820 | 2007-05-25 01:12:00 | I agree with PaulD - Eastern Europe and Asia would be right up there if you're talking about areas of origination of this sort of problem... But "per head of population" is a statistical obfuscator. When it comes down to it the raw number of hackers is the critical thing! Quantity is everything. |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 552821 | 2007-05-25 01:16:00 | I agree with PaulDMe too. Spammers, scammers and hackers are prolific in Eastern Europe and South East Asia. Nomad - get your facts right before spreading misinformation crud like that, mate. |
Greg (193) | ||
| 552822 | 2007-05-25 03:28:00 | Wasn't him. It was an article on NZ Herald | mejobloggs (264) | ||
| 552823 | 2007-05-25 03:58:00 | What the....? I am sure that your: New Zealand rated one hack for every 638 users ....is more like 638 hackers to every user in places like Bulgaria and Georgia. We ARE talking black-hatters here, right? |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 552824 | 2007-05-25 04:03:00 | It's just another number which doesn't mean anything. It's generated with marketing maths. It's probably based on an estimate of the number of attacks in a country, regardless of the country of origin. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 552825 | 2007-05-25 04:20:00 | I never ever attacked NZ....it was someone else. | SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 552826 | 2007-05-25 06:29:00 | Perhaps New Zealand has the dumbest users - judging by the Nigerian scammers success here this is a reasobale starting theory!! | Twelvevolts (5457) | ||
| 552827 | 2007-05-25 10:05:00 | Wasn't him. It was an article on NZ Herald Oops :blush: Sry. |
Greg (193) | ||
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