Softpedia Cyber Attack study
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I call BS! This study is based solely on originating IP. While it may be true that US PCs are the majority of the hardware behind the attack,it does not take into account the number of zombies or bots. So sure, according to this article, US PCs may be responsible for the majority of attacks, but that does not mean US citizens are responsible for the majority of attacks.Of course we also have almost 6 TIMES the number of IPs as any other country. This is just like saying Windows is less secure than Mac just because the majority of attacks are against Windows machines. Correlation does not always equal causation.
We are also responsible, according to some, for the majority of spam. However, according to a different site we aren't even on the Top 10 list of spammers.
I swear IT studies are turning into something akin to ranking the Top 10 rock bands of all time -- Less objective, more subjective. The facts are, PCs in all countries are responsible for vast numbers of Cyber-attacks, as well as spam, but the US is always an easy target seeing as we (Al Gore) spawned the Internet Revolution.
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