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Chinese ISP hosts 1 in 7 Conficker infections; BlackBerries cut off as outage continues

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Chinese ISP hosts 1 in 7 Conficker infections

Security experts have known for months that some countries have had a harder time battling the Conficker worm than others. But thanks to data released Wednesday by Shadowserver, a volunteer-run organization, they now have a better idea of which Internet Service Providers have the biggest problem. Read full story

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