Report: Indonesia Emerges as Hacking Powerhouse

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http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/07/23/report_indonesia_emerges_as_hacking_powerhouse

By Elias Groll
Foreign Policy
July 23, 2013

Internet hackers have found a new home from which to spread online mayhem, 
and it's not where you might expect. According to a new report from cloud 
computing provider Akamai, Indonesia became a hotbed of hacking activity 
during the first quarter of 2013, rocketing to second place behind China 
among the most prevalent sources of Internet attacks.

In the final three months of 2012, Indonesia played host to a mere .7 
percent of all Internet hacking activity, but during the following three 
months that figure ballooned to 21 percent. Accounting for a full 34 
percent of Internet attacks, China remains the global hacking superpower, 
but Indonesia's sudden rise in the tables is indicative of how diffuse 
networks of hackers around the globe can exploit weaknesses in the web. 
(It's theoretically possible that detection has improved but that's still 
a pretty incredible jump.)

According to Akamai, the sudden rise in hacking activity emanating from 
Indonesia probably doesn't mean hackers are picking up their bags and 
laptops and decamping for the tropical climes of Jakarta. Rather, the 
sudden spike in activity is probably indicative of a decision by hacking 
collectives or large operations to utilize Indonesian servers for botnet 
operations, automated attacks that use a set of linked programs to carry 
out an attack and amplify their effect. That same system allows hackers to 
largely mask their true location.

With 8.3 percent of hacking activity emanating from its shores, the United 
States comes in third place in Akamai's ranking. With 4.5 percent and 2.7 
percent, respectively, Turkey and Russia round out the top five. Here's 
the full ranking:

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