San Francisco. Hackers infected computers, altered web sites and networks sacked in the last quarter, one of the worst recorded so far, said PandaLabs.
The hacker group Anonymous Lulz Security and caused "widespread lawlessness" in the three months ended June 30, and malware "spread considerably," the report said.
"The number of attacks on businesses and large organizations has triggered alarm signals and systems for companies that until now were considered proof of hackers have been victims of cybercrime," he said.
Among the victims of hacking, are the International Monetary Fund, the Department of Defense United States, and companies Sony, Sega and Citigroup.
According to PandaLabs, there was a significant spread of virus to computers in homes around the world.Investigators determined that an average of 42 new types of malicious software, known as malware, were created by minute during the quarter just ended.
'Hacktivism'. The last quarter also made plain blurred lines between online activism, and hacktivism , and cyber attacks.
"It seems the only way the protest group Anonymous has is committing illegal acts," the report said.
The hacker group Lulz LulzSec Security or simply acted with the stated mission of fun at the expense of others, he added.
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