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Anybody ever do a study that compares exploited systems percentages to pirated software percentages? -Al Rowland -----Original Message----- From: blitz [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 2:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Fwd: [ISN] Hackers exploit Korea to attack global systems Hmm speaking of the Asian rim: >http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2002/04/26/200204260031.asp > >By Yang Sung-jin Staff reporter >2002.04.26 > >Hackers are increasingly using South Korea as an entry point to attack >computer systems in other countries, a serious situation that could >undermine the country's image ahead of the World Cup finals, experts >and industry sources said yesterday. > >Major international studies show that a large percentage of computer >attacks can be traced to Korea, suggesting that the country's cyber >security system needs an urgent upgrade or overhaul. > >According to New York-based Predictive Systems Inc., Pacific Rim >countries were involved in 91 percent of attacks that weren't traced >to the U.S., which continued to be the leading source of attacks and >target for them. Korea accounted for 34 percent, followed by 29 >percent for China, 10 percent for Japan and 7 percent for Taiwan. > >The National Policy Agency's Cyber Center said the number of hacking >incidents is rising steadily with the World Cup just around the >corner. > >Some foreign servers block access attempts whose origins are traced to >Korea, implying that the country's leadership in the broadband >Internet business may be marred by its negligence in upgrading lame >security protection systems, the center said. > >The center, in charge of cracking down on cyber crime and hacker >attacks, estimated that 22 international hackers broke into 11,222 >server systems around the world between August last year and March >this year. Of 6,287 sites with identifiable origins, 39 percent were >traced to Korea, the center said. > >It said about 4,376 systems in Korea have been the targets of hacking >attempts during the period and the actual damage might have affected >more than 40,000 systems nationwide. > >The police cyber center said Korea was most vulnerable to hacker >attacks, followed by the United States, China, Taiwan, Romania and >India. > >The victims ranged from a major Internet portals to state-run research >agencies to security solutions providers. > >Even a government organization armed with the latest security >solutions was a victim of an attack by sophisticated foreign hackers, >police said. > >According to the center, the average number of hacking incidents in >the year to March was 614, up 20.2 percent from the year-earlier >period. More importantly, a large number of victims did not know their >systems had been attacked. > >Police said its cyber team is chasing 22 suspects whose origins are >outside of Korea in connection with the latest hacking incidents. >Police are tracking hackers' IP (Internet Protocol) addresses and >working with investigators in other countries. > >Police said 18 of the 22 suspects are Romanian and others come from >Australia, Brazil, Germany and Russia. > >"Schools have turned out to be most vulnerable to hackers' attacks >since they care little about their network security and international >hackers are exploiting such school systems," the Cyber Center said. > >Hackers use a variety of techniques to hop from one computer to >another to disguise their location, making it hard for investigators >to trace the criminal activities. > >The reason for the frequent attacks on Korean systems is the country's >fast-growing broadband network. More than half of the nation's >households are now wired to the high-speed Internet network and tens >of thousands of local PC salons are crowded with multi-user network >game users and online stock traders. > >Although the broadband network has advanced by leaps and bounds, Korea >is required to strengthen its security level by adopting advanced >software and solutions to block hacking attempts.
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