68 Percent Increase in Automated Hacking Attempts in Tennessee

In Tennessee, the sum total of brute-force attacks on Windows servers increased greatly throughout the previous 14 days compared to the previous 14-day period. Statistics from Syspeace shows automated hacking attempts per server have climbed up by 68 percent. There was a slight escalation of 8.2 percent in the whole USA.

The sum total of attacks on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers built up in the course of the last fortnight in Tennessee as 640 brute-force attacks per Windows servers were logged by Syspeace. That means the automated hacking attempts increased greatly by 68 percent. The number of brute-force attacks blocked by Syspeace in Tennessee was 640. In the state’s measured history, this is the 12th highest number of attempted automated hacking attempts per Windows server secured by Syspeace for a single 14-day period.

With similar changes, brute-force attacks in Georgia and New York have increased. With 1,300 blocked brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured Windows Server the last fortnight, Georgia has seen a rise of 74 percent compared to the previous 14 days. In New York, the amount has risen by 66 percent to 800 automated hacking attempts per Windows server secured by Syspeace.

All around the USA, automated hacking attempts on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers have shown a slight increase, so Tennessee is not alone with the problem. The brute-force attacks on Windows servers secured by Syspeace have climbed up by 8.2 percent in the USA in the course of the last fortnight. Up until now, this year there have been 2,100 brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured server in the USA. Compared to the same period last year, the sum total of automated hacking attempts has dropped by 11 percent. In other words, Syspeace blocked 1,000,000 automated hacking attempts in the USA.

The information is collected by Syspeace, a company that helps fight brute-force attacks. Syspeace saves businesses time, effort, and money by blocking attacks that otherwise take many hours of repetitive, manual labor to detect and prevent. Syspeace records all the global Windows servers secured by Syspeace thoroughly. The company is a global pioneer on the topic since 2012, having collected and analyzed statistics on automated hacking attempts.

During the brute-force attack, an attacker submits many different passwords and passphrases in the system, hoping to ultimately get them right. The attacker systematically inspects all possible passwords and passphrases to find the right one.

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