But the virus doesn't actually damage the computer. Security Key to 'Net Growth Security is the key to future Internet development, a group of key industry leaders says. The Global Internet Project, a group of industry representatives, sponsored an international workshop on security, privacy and reliability. There was general agreement that business will have to focus on these areas if it is to meet the opportunities for Internet development - and avoid government intervention. You may think America leads the world on the Internet, but it's not quite so.
Japan is tops.
A report from Jupiter Media Matrix found that the Web was accessed from home more frequently per user in Japan than any other country. At-home users there went online an average of 13.9 days per month in August. Americans stayed on longer, though - an average of 15 hours during the month. NASA Hacker Pleads Guilty A Californian who broke into federal government, NASA and university computers has pleaded guilty and could get up to 16 years in prison. He told investigators he had hacked into hundreds, maybe thousands, of computers in the last two years.