03/11/10 Congress Reports Cyberattacks Average 1.8 Billion Times A Month

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Congress and other government agencies are under a cyber attack an average of 1.8 billion times a month, a number that has been growing exponentially since President Barack Obama took office. In 2008, security events caused by vectors including worms, Trojan horses and spybots averaged 8 million hits per month. That number skyrocketed to 1.6 billion in 2009 and climbed to 1.8 billion this year, according to Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Terrance Gainer. The Senate Security Operations Center alone receives 13.9 million of those attempts per day.

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