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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 Deusy · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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    2. 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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  2. 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.

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

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

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

    How about Tommy Two-Pint?