Second Greatest Increase of Automated Hacking Attempts in the USA in Colorado

In the course of the past two weeks, the sum total of automated hacking attempts in Colorado soared compared to the previous 14 days. According to evidence from Syspeace-secured Windows Servers, there was a rise of 240 percent in automated hacking attempts per server. That’s the second largest growth of automated hacking attempts on Windows servers in the USA. Overall, in the USA, there was a noticeable growth of 36 percent.

Syspeace registered 120 automated hacking attempts per Windows servers in Colorado during the last fortnight. That means the brute-force attacks escalated by 240 percent. The amount of automated hacking attempts blocked by Syspeace in Colorado was 170.

By means of a comparison, Oregon and Maine have been under increased attacks. With 1,600 blocked automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured Windows Server the 14 days prior, Oregon has recorded a rise of 690 percent compared to the previous 14 days. In Maine, the number has grown by 130 percent to 1,400 automated hacking attempts per Windows server secured by Syspeace.

The attacks on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers have shown a noticeable growth all around the USA. In other words, Colorado is not alone with the problem. There have been 36 percent more automated hacking attempts in the USA on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers in the in the course of the 14 days prior compared to the previous 14-day period. So far, this year there have been 1,200 brute-force attacks per Windows server secured by Syspeace in the USA. Compared to the same period last year, the sum total of automated hacking attempts has showed no change. Simply put, Syspeace blocked 530,000 automated hacking attempts in the USA.

The evidence is provided 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 track down and prevent. Syspeace scans all the global Windows servers secured by Syspeace meticulously. The company is a global trailblazer on the topic since 2012, having collected and analyzed statistics on brute-force attacks.

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 inspected to find the correct one.

To keep systems secure and block brute-force attacks, Syspeace provides software that safeguards companies from IT theft, combined with excellent customer support.