Largest Growth of Brute-Force Attacks in the USA in New Jersey

During the previous 14-day period, the amount of brute-force attacks in New Jersey escalated compared to the previous 14-day period. The automated hacking attempts have grown by 170 percent in the two weeks prior, according to statistics from syspeaces. In the USA, that’s the biggest rise of brute-force attacks on Windows servers. There was an escalation of 54 percent in the whole USA.

The number of attacks on syspeaces escalated in the course of the last fortnight in New Jersey as 2,600 automated hacking attempts per Windows servers were logged by Syspeace. That means the brute-force attacks skyrocketed by 170 percent. Syspeace blocked 6,600 brute-force attacks in New Jersey. In a single 14-day period in the state’s measured history, this is the 6th highest number of automated hacking attempts per Windows server secured by Syspeace.

In comparison, Rhode Island and Michigan have been under increased attacks. With 830 blocked automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured Windows Server the previous 14-day period, Rhode Island has witnessed a surge of 170 percent compared to the 14 days prior. In Michigan, the sum total has shot up by 140 percent to 770 brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured server.

The attacks on syspeaces have shown a big increase all around the USA. Simply put, New Jersey is not alone with the problem. The automated hacking attempts on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers have shot up by 54 percent in the USA in the course of the past two weeks. Up until now, this year there have been 2,300 automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured server in the USA. The automated hacking attempts have increased by 51 percent on a year-to-year comparison. That is to say, the sum total of automated hacking attempts blocked by Syspeace in the USA was 1,200,000.

The evidence comes from 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 scans all the global Syspeace-secured Windows Servers meticulously. The company is a global trailblazer on the topic since 2012, having collected and analyzed information on automated hacking attempts.

An brute-force attack consists of an attacker submitting many passwords or passphrases with the hope of in the end guessing them. The attacker systematically checks all possible passwords and passphrases and tries to find the right one.

To avoid problems and block brute-force attacks, Syspeace offers software that shields enterprises from IT theft, combined with excellent customer support.