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70,000 Hackers Probe the NYPD's Computers Daily

by Peter Mychalcewycz on April 23, 2009 at 01:36 PM


If the New York Police Department had a dollar for every attempted hack on its computer system, New York cops would be driving around in Ferraris instead of those horrid Crown Victorias (or Impalas).

In a speech to the Council on Foreign Relations, New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said that hackers try to breach the NYPD's computer system at least 70,000 times a day, according to the Associated Press. The NYPD has traced the illegal scans back to computers in myriad countries, including China and the Netherlands.

Thankfully, due to strong system-protection programs, there have been no successful breaches of the vast NYPD computer network. This is just another front in the war on cyber-terrorism, a very real threat in a hyper-modern age. [From: FOX News]

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