Netherlands: Popular With Cybercriminals

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Why is the Netherlands one of the main exporters of criminal computer software? The country hosts 2.2 percent of all infected networks, called botnets, earning the Netherlands a seventh place on the global list of countries most plagued by cybercrime.

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