U.S., China largest originators of Internet attacks

Akamai Technologies [1], which operates a global network of servers used to support the distribution of online media as well as large-scale websites and applications hosted online, has released its inaugural "State of the Internet" report.  The hefty report [2] extrapolates data gathered across Akamai's global network. It notes that while Internet-attack traffic is observed originating from 125 countries, the United States and China are the two largest sources of this traffic. Internet-attack traffic could involve denial of service and hacking attempts, as well as traffic from worms, viruses and bots. Almost 17 percent of this traffic comes from China, though the U.S. is a close second at 14 percent.

For more on Internet attacks:
- check out Network World article [3]