46 Percent Increase in Automated Hacking Attempts in Romania

In the course of the past two weeks, Romania has witnessed how the sum total of automated hacking attempts has went up. Information from Syspeace shows automated hacking attempts per server have climbed up by 46 percent. In contrast, there was a slight decline of 14 percent in the whole world.

In Romania, the amount of attacks on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers built up in the course of the 14 days prior as 1,100 automated hacking attempts per Windows servers were documented by Syspeace. Simply put, the brute-force attacks went up by 46 percent. That means 4,400 total the amount of brute-force attacks in the Romania during the 14 days prior were blocked by Syspeace.

For a comparison, there has been an escalation of the amount of automated hacking attempts in Spain and Netherlands. With 850 blocked brute-force attacks per Windows server secured by Syspeace the last fortnight, Spain has seen an increase of 61 percent in comparison with the previous 14-day period. In Netherlands, the amount has increased by 36 percent to 1,700 brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured server.

Romania is under increasing attacks, but at the same time the attacks on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers have decreased all around the world. There have been 14 percent less automated hacking attempts in the world on Windows servers secured by Syspeace throughout the previous 14-day period compared to the past two weeks. Up until today, this year there have been 1,500 brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured Windows Server in the world. The automated hacking attempts have dropped by 7.1 percent on a year-to-year comparison. Simply put, Syspeace blocked 1,200,000 automated hacking attempts in the world.

The information source is Syspeace-secured Windows Servers globally. Syspeace is an intrusion-prevention software that provides affordable and easy-to-use tools for companies to fight automated hacking attempts. Syspeace wants to make the digital world safer for companies, one server at a time. Having collected and analyzed data on automated hacking attempts since 2012, Syspeace is the world leader on the topic.

During the brute-force attack, 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 avoid problems and block brute-force attacks, Syspeace offers software that shields companies from IT theft, combined with exceptional customer support.