[Gllug] Growth sectors for Linux admins?

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On 22 Oct 2010, Steve Parker told this:

> On 21/10/10 23:42, Alison Young wrote:
>>
>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11562969
>>
>> Quick, put "cyber security" on your CV. Apparently it's this year's version of "Y2K expertise".
>>
> "hundreds of malicious e-mails were already being aimed at government
> computer networks each month"
>
> Yikes! That's more than 3 per day!

I read something last month which said that US government networks (in
toto) had received 'thousands' of probes by attackers since 2001.

The definition of 'probe' the article was using included portscans.

Numbers, perhaps, a litle bit on the low side?
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