The federally funded Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) reports that "incidents" -- which includes anything from a single host computer being hacked to hundreds of thousands of affected sites -- are on the upswing.. . .
The federally funded Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) reports that "incidents" -- which includes anything from a single host computer being hacked to hundreds of thousands of affected sites -- are on the upswing.

Reported incidents have increased from six in 1988 to more than 52,600 in 2001, and we are on pace to break that again this year. Already in 2002, more than 26,800 incidents have been reported.

Vulnerabilities reported last year numbered 2,437, twice that of the previous year. And in the first quarter of this year, 1,065 vulnerabilities were reported. Security alerts are also up, from 26 in 2000 to 41 last year, with nine in the first quarter of 2002.

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