Irish site sees hacker traffic

An Irish website set up by Deloitte & Touche, Espion and Data Electronics to test the frequency of attacks by hackers, has seen 334 attempts to breech its security in the space of one month.

The site, known as the Honeynet but not disclosed for testing purposes, went live in April and has had mainly hackers from the US, China and Korea try to attack it. Other attacks have originated from Germany and Italy.