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facts[0] = "Hackers had hacked into and reprogrammed an electronic sign in a New York City subway station to read \"The Hacker Quarterly.\" ";
from[0] = '<a target="_blank" href="http://tlc.discovery.com/convergence/hackers/articles/psych.html" target="_blank" class="learnMore">Open external link</a>';

facts[1] = "The first recorded cyber crime took place in 1820! In that year, Joseph-Marie Jacquard, a textile manufacturer, invented the loom, which was the first device in the world that could mass produce goods and, in this case, it was fabrics. This caused his employees to fear losing their jobs. They committed acts of sabotage to discourage Jacquard from using the loom.";
from[1] = '<a target="_blank" href="http://www.asianlaws.org/cyberlaw/library/cc/what_cc.htm" target="_blank" class="learnMore">Open external link</a>';

facts[2] = "The oldest computer in the world is actually the abacus. It has been around since 3500 B.C. in ancient India, Japan and China. The era of modern computers, though, began after Charles Babbage first wrote down the algorithm for the Analytical Engine.";
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facts[3] = "The number of female cyberstalkers has increased sharply from 27% of all stalkers in 2000 to 32.5% in 2001 to 35% in 2002. The percentage of victims who are men has also increased from 17% in 2000 and 2001 to 35% in 2002.";
from[3] = '<a target="_blank" href="http://www.crime-research.org/news/2003/04/Mess2301.html" target="_blank" class="learnMore">Open external link</a>';

facts[4] = "40 % of all UK companies have no spam filtering systems in place, while 28 % of UK firms have said that they have no plans to install such measures in the near future.";
from[4] = '<a target="_blank" href="http://www.iwks.com/features/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=29033&subsectionid=655" target="_blank" class="learnMore">Open external link</a>';

facts[5] = "According to the American Society for Industrial Security, American businesses have been losing $250 billion a year from intellectual property theft alone, since the mid-1990’s. This includes warez and plagiarism. ";
from[5] = '<a target="_blank" href="http://www.giac.org/practical/Sharon_Reed_GSEC.doc" target="_blank" class="learnMore">Open external link</a>';

facts[6] = "A new study has found 94% of London businesses using wireless networks in their offices to be vulnerable to hackers who can tap into IT systems by using nothing but a small antenna. Security weak-spots were exposed in over 5000 wireless systems.";
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facts[7] = "Even though as little as .01 percent of all computer users respond to regular spam, as many as 5 percent of phishing recipients message back.";
from[7] = '<a target="_blank" href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/02/16/BUGSP515731.DTL&type=business" target="_blank" class="learnMore">Open external link</a>';

facts[8] = "At its peak infection rate, about 1 in 12 emails on the Internet contained the MyDoom Viruses.";
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facts[9] = "The Sapphire/Slammer SQL worm required roughly 10 minutes to spread worldwide making it by far the fastest worm to date. At its peak, which was achieved approximately 3 minutes after it was released, Sapphire scanned the net at over 55 million IP addresses per second. More than 75000 victims have been affected.";
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facts[10] = "A virus hoax can sometimes be as troublesome as a real virus attack, as often, these fake warnings about deadly viruses unnecessarily clog networks and wastes bandwidth.";
from[10] = '<a href="virusHoaxes.html" class="learnMore">More about virus hoaxes</a>';

facts[11] = "The LoveLetter virus hit an estimated 45 million computers worldwide on a single day, in 2000.";
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facts[12] = "According to online privacy watchdog Truste, 7 out of 10 people who go online have received phishing emails and 15% of those have successfully been tricked into providing their personal information.";
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facts[13] = "Of all the brands being exploited by spam, Rolex is now by far the most common. As a result, it is in danger of being sullied by unsolicited e-mail.";
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facts[14] = "Many companies do not report cybercrime for fear of the negative impact it could have on their business and reputation. Hence, it is suspected that many cybercrime statistics may actually be misleading.";
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facts[15] = "The researchers are trying to come up with a virus throttling software that would help to limit the destruction caused by viruses. This software would detect a virus attack early and limit the suspected computers' functions to prevent the virus from spreading and infecting other computers on the network.";
from[15] = '<a target="_blank" href="http://www.technologyreview.com/art...0104.asp?trk=nl" target="_blank" class="learnMore">Open external link</a>';

facts[16] = "A couple of years ago the industry had about 26 days from the time a software company identified a vulnerability to when hackers developed code to take advantage of the loop hole. In 2004, Symantec puts that number at 5.8 days.";
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facts[17] = "Forrester Resaerch has predicted that by 2004, the sum total of all transactions made via the Internet will reach U.S.$3.5 trillion in North America alone. In the Asia, the value stands at U.S. $1.6 trillion and $!.5 trillion in Western Europe.";
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facts[18] = "Meridien Research estimated that the cost of Internet fraud would reach U.S. $5 to 15 billion by 2005. The lower number is actually based on companies investing in anti-fraud software, the higher number reflects the likely situation if such an investment is not made.";
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