April record month for attacks, says security analysts. The number of successful digital attacks for April has climbed to 19,220 challenging the previous record of 19,658 from January 2003 according to the mi2g SIPS database. The record could be breached on the last day of the month in the coming few hours. In comparison, the number of attacks one year ago in April 2002 was just 4,688. The attacks in April originate from hactivism protesting war with Iraq mostly against coalition interests, SARS, as well as criminal syndicate activity and intellectual gain. The number of hacker groups active this month is at a twelve trailing month (TTM) high of 387. The most attacked countries are the US followed by the UK. Full Story
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