http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3369744a28,00.html 08 August 2005 IBM has erroneously identified New Zealand as the world's second largest source of worm, virus, phishing and hacking attacks during the first half of the year. The claim was made in its Global Business Security Index Report, a regular report the company produces on internet threats. IBM said in a statement issued in Armonk, New York that during the first half of the year 12 million such internet attacks were launched from the US, 1.2 million from New Zealand and one million from China. The rankings are given in absolute terms - rather than by head of Population - meaning that, if correct, New Zealanders would be responsible for hundreds of times their share of internet crime. IBM New Zealand spokeswoman Rachel Dahlberg says references to New Zealand as the second largest source of internet crime were removed from a report issued by IBM earlier this year after doubts emerged about their accuracy. She says that due to the way the internet addressing system works, internet attacks launched from a number of other countries, including South Korea, had been identified as originating from New Zealand. "New Zealand does not have a unique range of IP addresses blocked for itself as a country, as is the case with many other countries. We intend to further investigate the raw information supplied to us by external sources and how this can be improved to more accurately represent the New Zealand figures." IBM's statement said the report was put together based on information provided by IBM's 3000 information security professionals. Its findings are widely reported overseas. _________________________________________ Attend ToorCon Sept 16-18th, 2005 Convention Center San Diego, California www.toorcon.org
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