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Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said that there are about 70,000 hacking attempts to crack the NYPD's computer system every day. Luckily, the NYPD has a "robust protective system" that's prevented any of the attacks—mostly from China and the Netherlands—from being successful; the Daily News explains that according to sources, "It appears the hackers have devised a automated system in which computers around the world make up to 5,000 attempts a day at pinpointing unsecured portals into the NYPD's files." However, Kelly said in his speech to the Council on Foreign Relations that the foreign interest in NYPD data may be due to "the NYPD's reach into the international arena," adding, "As the memory of September 11th fades, we in the Police Department must never forget that New York remains the world's most enduring terrorist target." The Post offered some perspective: While 70K attacks/day is a lot, an agency like the Pentagon has about 10 times more attacks daily.
NYPD: International Hackers Attack Us Every Day
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Attacks from China, I understand. But the Netherlands?
Stoners looking for upcoming drug busts, perhaps?
Most of these 'attacks' are probably just automated, robotic snoops looking for open back doors--the same stuff every single web site gets. I don't doubt that some malicious hackers out there are looking to cause trouble, but they're not likely targeting NYPD specifically.
I would be more interested to know what percentage of overall traffic to the site these attacks represent.
Yes, it looks like the same crap that's constantly thrown at every single Internet-connected system in the world. The NYPD isn't some sort of special snowflake of a target, they're just another batch of IP addresses for criminal-run bots to sort through.
But of course, how could Kelly pass up an opportunity to invoke 9/11?
Even though they say the attacks are coming from the Netherlands or China, that doesn't mean for sure that is where it's actually coming from. From what I remember hackers use the Netherlands a lot to exploit websites and other things, it's like a safe haven.