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Abuse of Dutch ICT infrastructure for cyber attacks
As in previous years, the Dutch ICT infrastructure was also abused for various forms of cybercrime, including for facilitating cyber attacks. Dutch servers are also abused for botnet spam. Of all servers that cyber criminals worldwide use for spamming via botnets, approximately 6.3 percent are located in the Netherlands.
De Nederlandse ICT-infrastructuur wordt ook door statelijke actoren misbruikt bij cyberaanvallen op andere landen. Nederland is hiervoor aantrekkelijk doordat de digitale infrastructuur van hoge kwaliteit is en ICT-capaciteit relatief simpel kan worden gehuurd. Deze vorm van misbruik kan het internationale imago van Nederland schaden en slecht zijn voor bondgenootschappelijke belangen en de integriteit van de Nederlandse ICT-infrastructuur.
De Nederlandse ICT-infrastructuur werd net als eerdere jaren ook voor verschillende manieren van cybercriminaliteit misbruikt, waaronder voor het faciliteren van cyberaanvallen. Nederlandse servers worden ook misbruikt voor botnetspam. Van alle servers die cybercriminelen wereldwijd inzetten voor spammen via botnets, staat ongeveer 6,3 procent in Nederland.