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Thursday, November 14, 2002
Study Makes Less of Hack Threat - Noah Shachtman, Wired
Despite the panting about "cyberterrorists," and despite the scare mongering about venomous hackers preying on fragile federal networks, attacks on government computer systems are declining worldwide, according to a recently released report. In the United States, reported intrusions into government networks fell from 386 in 2001 to 162 in the first 10 months of 2002. Worldwide, such attacks have declined by about a third -- from 2,031 last year to a projected 1,400 today.
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