[afnog] Watchdog warns of increased cybercrime threat [in Africa]

[SM]

Hi Steve,
At 11:55 07-09-2009, Steve Santorelli wrote:
>Please excuse me if this post is not appropriate but I thought it
>might be of interest to this list:
>
>http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Company%20Industry/-/539550/654440/-/u765i9z/-/

   "The research measures the number of bot (short for "robot") attacks on
    computers in Kenya and shows that on a single day in July, 784 bot
    attacks were recorded on Kenyan computers."

Could you elaborate on what the research considers as an "attack"?

Regards,
-sm