Source: Washkuch, Frank Jr., “Researchers: Hackers Could Affect Presidential Election”, SC Magazine Newswire. October 9, 2007.
BY Frank Washkuch Jr.
Hackers could affect next year’s presidential election by using keyloggers, phishing messages or hacking, researchers said this week.
EMC Corporation has sponsored a very ambitious, groundbreaking study that attempts for the first time to measure and forecast the amounts and types of digital information created and copied throughout the world, and whether it is generated by indivuals or buisnesses. The findings of this study could have significant implications for individuals, businesses, information professionals and society as a whole and thereby provide useful insights to librarians and other information professionals.
The basic findings of this Study have been summarized as follows:
The 2006 digital universe was 161 billion gigabytes (161 exabytes) in size.
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