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Europe Home to Majority of Zombies

Posted by samzenpus on from the stop-the-spam dept.

Rei writes "According to a recent CipherTrust study, the majority of Zombie PCs reside not in the US or China, but in Europe. Of the European zombies, 2/3 were either in Germany, France, or Britain. The results were released with the announcement of CipherTrust's new ZombieMeter. As a response to previous reports of high zombie activity, the London Action Plan launched Operation Spam Zombies in cooperation with numerous governments around the world."

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  1. Thank God by Chemical · · Score: 5, Informative

    I expected something like this might happen some day, but I'm ready, thanks to this. Bring it on!

  2. That isn't what the Zombie Meter says... by colinemckay · · Score: 5, Informative

    Top 10 includes the US at 28.5%. No EU country is in the top ten list. "during the first three weeks of May, approximately 26% of daily new zombies originated in the European Union, including 6%, 5% and 3% of new zombies originated in Germany, France and the United Kingdom, respectively." That's NEW zombies. The EU share of zombies is increasing, but it isn't the major source (yet).