NZ home to hackers

New Zealand has more computer hackers per head of population than anywhere else apart from Britain, a new report on "cybervandalism" across 10 countries has found.

New Zealand rated one hack for every 638 users, network security group TippingPoint said.

Britain attracted the highest attack ratio, with one attack for every 479 internet users. Australia was third on the list of 10 countries with one attack per 732 users.