Politically Motivated Cyber Attacks On The Rise

Politically motivated cyber attacks were on the rise in 2005 according to statistics released by Zone-H. The numbers of attacks from Jyhadi cyber hackers as well as the attacks of Chinese hackers on U.S. military sites figure into the study as well. The information shows the problem is only getting worse. The organization reported an increase in politically motivated attacks and a growing hacking trend based in the Muslim community. The study noted an increase of 26.1% in defacements during the year of 2005 and there were more than 1.3 million digital attacks for 2005. Zone-H noted in its report: In the year 2005, Zone-H accounted for 494,9888 attacks, a raise of 26.1% from the previously accounted 392,529 attacks in year 2004. Out of the 494,988 attacks, 123,644 has been on single hosts while the rest was accounted in mass-defacements. They mentioned several other facts of note. One was the fact that in 2004, attacks mostly originated from Brazil. In 2005, many were Muslim defacers and most were based in Turkey. The most active was known as Iskorpitx, who single-handedly compromised 90,383 sites over a two year period.

Source - Security Pro News