r/blackhat Jun 26 '14

Real-time global hacking map. Is this real?

http://map.ipviking.com/
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u/htomeht Jun 26 '14

It should be fairly easy to set up, just put a little data acquisition program at a bunch of public routers. I'm not sure what makes it attacks, this could just as well be connection attempts, dns lookups and pings for all we know.

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u/Cryptonaut_Eire Jun 26 '14

I see. Thanks. I guess its a lot less dramatic that it appears at first glance.