According to a CenturyLink report on distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks worldwide, the United States holds the dubious distinction of leading the world as the most common point of origin for malicious internet activities. Russia and China follow in second and third place, respectively.
CenturyLink's research is compiled by its Threat Research Labs, which culls its data from its own internet connections. CenturyLink recently acquired Level 3, and the combined company owns one of the world's largest internet backbones.
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