London, UK - 15 December 2003, 12:00 GMT -The International Edition of Newsweek has just published a very comprehensive article on the present hacking scene, which is increasingly being motivated by financial gain and trans-national criminal syndicate activity. We are pleased to have contributed to this timely article, which can be accessed from here.

The mi2g Intelligence Unit maintains detailed information on 4,881 malware species, 8,310 hacker groups and 337,500+ electronic crime incidents worldwide going back to 1995. We also publish monthly data on global economic damage from spam; viruses and worms malware; distributed denial of service, overt and covert digital attacks; as well as phishing scams.

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Full details of the November 2003 report are available as of 1st December 2003 and can be ordered from here. (To view contents sample please click here).

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