You gotta be kidding me...8 seconds???

How long would it take for a newly internet-attached PC to be attacked by the silent army of hackers around the world? Sadly, the answer according to
this BBC article from 2005 is "eight seconds". Think about it: "1-Mississippi, 2-Mississippi, 3-Mississippi, 4-Mississippi, 5-Mississippi, 6-Mississippi, 7-Mississippi, 8-Mississippi" - and you're hacked. Sobering thought, especially for those who hate anti-virus software packages (and I am one of them).

In some ways, this is an old story - even for the BBC, but the results are still alarming.