South Africa one of the countries most vulnerable to hacking

A new map of the Internet by security firm Rapid7 has revealed the countries most vulnerable to hacking attacks – with South Africa coming in ninth place.
According to a report by The Guardian, the ranking is based on the firm’s scanning of servers with their “front doors wide open”.
It was produced using Rapid7’s Project Sonar, a tool that scans public-facing IP addresses.
The most exposed country in the world is Belgium, followed by Tajikistan, Samoa, and Australia.
“The more services offered by a server or device, the greater the attack surface/exposure of that server or device,” said Rapid7 of its ranking method, which looked at the proportion of exposed servers per country.
The 10 most vulnerable nations are:
- Belgium
- Tajikistan
- Samoa
- Australia
- China
- Hong Kong
- Dominican Republic
- Afghanistan
- South Africa
- Ethiopia
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