Cybersecurity experts will probably not be surprised by
new data from Cambridge, Mass.-based cloud platform provider Akamai. Its evaluation of global attack traffic in the last quarter of 2012, as reported by
Bloomberg.com, has 41 percent originating in China, citing among other things, a "sophisticated hacker network."
Top Ten Hacking Countries
| 1. |
China |
41 percent (of the world's attack traffic) |
| 2. |
U.S. |
10 percent |
| 3. |
Turkey |
4.7 percent |
| 4. |
Russia |
4.3 percent |
| 5. |
Taiwan |
3.7 percent |
| 6. |
Brazil |
3.3 percent |
| 7. |
Romania |
2.8 percent |
| 8. |
India |
2.3 percent |
| 9. |
Italy |
1.6 percent |
| 10. |
Hungary |
1.4 percent |
Government Technology editor Noelle Knell has more than 15 years of writing and editing experience, covering public projects, transportation, business and technology. A California native, she has worked in both state and local government, and is a graduate of the University of California, Davis, with majors in political science and American history. She can be reached via email and on Twitter. Follow @GovTechNoelle
