51 Percent Increase in Automated Hacking Attempts in New York

The amount of automated hacking attempts on Windows servers in New York went up in the course of the previous 14 days. Information from Syspeace shows automated hacking attempts per server have increased by 51 percent. Overall, in the USA, there was a slight growth of 5 percent.

In New York, the sum total of attacks on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers increased noticeably throughout the past two weeks as 610 automated hacking attempts per Windows servers were logged by Syspeace. That means the automated hacking attempts increased greatly by 51 percent. Syspeace blocked 9,800 automated hacking attempts in New York.

For a comparison, Maryland and Utah have been under increased attacks. With 1,600 blocked brute-force attacks per Windows server secured by Syspeace the 14 days prior, Maryland has seen an escalation of 53 percent in comparison with the previous 14-day period. In Utah, the amount has grown by 48 percent to 6,000 automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured server.

All around the USA, brute-force attacks on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers have shown a slight growth, so New York is not alone with the problem. The automated hacking attempts on syspeaces have grown by 5 percent in the USA throughout the two weeks prior. Up until today, this year there have been 1,300 brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured Windows Server in the USA. In the course of the same period last year, the sum total of brute-force attacks has shot up by 67 percent. That means the number of automated hacking attempts in the USA that were blocked by Syspeace was 730,000.

The data is provided by Syspeace, a company that helps fight automated hacking attempts. Syspeace saves businesses time, effort, and money by blocking attacks that otherwise take many hours of repetitive, manual labor to discover and prevent. Syspeace tracks all the global Windows servers secured by Syspeace carefully. The company is a global innovator on the topic since 2012, having collected and analyzed statistics on automated hacking attempts.

During the automated hacking attempt, an attacker submits many passwords or passphrases, hoping to finally get them right. Each and every possible password and passphrase is systematically checked to find the correct one.

To keep systems secure and block automated hacking attempts, Syspeace provides software that safeguards firms from IT theft, combined with outstanding customer support.