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UK Officially The Most Hacked Country

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the take-pride-in-your-position dept.

_Hellfire_ writes "Symantec's Internet Security Threat Report for the second half of 2004 says that the UK is leading the rest of the world with bot networks. The report states that "...25.2% [of bots] are located in the UK. That now puts the country ahead of the US (24.6%), China (7.8%), Canada (4.9%) and Spain (3.8%)". Symantec blames a sudden uptake of residential broadband connections without the awareness of the required security measures."

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  1. UK rules OK by dances+with+elks · · Score: 5, Funny

    Number one, Number one, Number one, Number one, Number one, Number one, Number one, !! we had to win at something sooner or later

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    1. Re:UK rules OK by Norgus · · Score: 2, Funny

      Proud I am, to be a member of a country with an abnormally high number of complete dipshits who use computers.

    2. Re:UK rules OK by Deusy · · Score: 5, Funny

      We're pretty awesome at binge drinking too, y'know!

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    3. Re:UK rules OK by Hogwash+McFly · · Score: 4, Funny

      The trouble with the UK is that you can't do the 'Yoo Ess Ay!'-while-clutching-a-miniature-flag chant because there aren't enough syllables. You could add in a cha-cha-cha to make it 'Yoo Kay, cha-cha-cha', although that's perhaps a little too flamboyant.

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    4. Re:UK rules OK by Stone+Pony · · Score: 2, Funny

      It's at times like that that your boozed-up Englishman (Scots, Welsh and Northern Irish have different rules) resorts to chanting the name of the Swedish whore: Inga Lund, Inga Lund, Inga Lund!

    5. Re:UK rules OK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      PROBABLY you fucking mook.

  2. w00t by cca93014 · · Score: 3, Funny

    w00t! Finally we lead the world at something!

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  3. USA is not #1 by spicydragonz · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yet another example of the rest of the world overthrowing american hegemony. We all need to do our part to get USA back on top. Install worms and Trojans.

  4. Yay! by Kid+Zero · · Score: 2, Funny

    We're #2! We're #2! We're #2! :D

  5. Re:Statistics..... by kevin_conaway · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ah come on, you can make up statistics to prove anything. 14% of people know that.

  6. huh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    The UK the most hacked country in the world? I myself am a UK citizen, and can personally vouch for the fact that this is not true. I, for example, have never been hack-

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  7. Re:Statistics..... by quigonn · · Score: 3, Funny

    When was the last time you won a football tournament?

    England always wins in the Premier League...

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  8. Blimey by stratjakt · · Score: 5, Funny

    I blame the abundance of Spam from the UK squarely on Monty Python.

    Now they want to bring "Spam A Lot" to the US? I don't think so, Nigel.

    Time to dump some tea into the harbour.

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  9. Re:So... when we talk about the average user by kevin_conaway · · Score: 5, Funny

    How about Tommy Two-Pint?

  10. Holy fucking shit I just noticed something by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Slashdot just links news articles on their. Sure, there is the occasional interview, but all they do is link other places on the front page and add in a little blurb to make it seem like work. Now, they have no doubt hundreds of corporate sponsers fueling the decadent Ann Arbor lifestyle of the editors. It's fucking genius, all I have to do now is find a subculture to target and make sure they grow into my own little penguin jiihad.

    I'm gonna be rich!

  11. Re:But... by salvorHardin · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, it's all McDonalds, Burger King and Dominoes these days..

  12. Re:Wow, a .6% lead by MyLongNickName · · Score: 2, Funny

    Regardless, I blame George Bush for our falling out of the coveted #1 position. When will the decline of our country end?

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  13. Re:Wow, a .6% lead by legirons · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Wow, a .6% lead.. I wonder how accurate these statistics are."

    More accurate than your elections. A clear victory indeed!