Indonesia Passes China to Become Top Source of Cyber-Attack Traffic

The unexpected surge in cyber-attacks coming from Indonesia earlier this year wasn't a fluke. The country has overtaken China to become the No. 1 source of attack traffic in the world, according to a report by Akamai Technologies to be published later today.

Indonesia accounted for 38 percent of hacking-related traffic on servers Akamai monitored in the second quarter, up from 21 percent at the beginning of the year . China, a notorious haven for hacking , fell to No. 2, with a third of global attack traffic. The U.S. share fell to 6.9 percent, but the country remained in third place.