Slight Growth of Automated Hacking Attempts in Pennsylvania Registered

Brute-force attacks on Windows servers in Pennsylvania have increased slightly throughout the last fortnight. According to statistics from Windows servers secured by Syspeace, there was an increase of 17 percent in brute-force attacks per server. However, there was no change in the number of brute-force attacks in the whole USA.

The number of attacks on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers grew in the course of the previous 14 days in Pennsylvania as 1,300 brute-force attacks per Windows servers were logged by Syspeace. In other words, the automated hacking attempts grew by 17 percent. Syspeace blocked 4,100 automated hacking attempts in Pennsylvania.

For the sake of comparison, brute-force attacks in Washington and North Carolina have gone up. With 5,600 blocked automated hacking attempts per Windows server secured by Syspeace the last fortnight, Washington has witnessed an escalation of 19 percent compared to the past two weeks. In North Carolina, the sum total has risen by 17 percent to 260 brute-force attacks per Windows server secured by Syspeace.

All around the USA, brute-force attacks on Windows servers secured by Syspeace have been almost constant, but, as said, Pennsylvania has increasing troubles. So far, this year there have been 950 brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured server in the USA. The brute-force attacks have grown by 67 percent on a year-to-year comparison. That means the number of automated hacking attempts in the USA that were blocked by Syspeace was 400,000.

The evidence comes from Windows servers secured by Syspeace globally. Syspeace is an intrusion-prevention software that provides affordable and easy-to-use tools for businesses to fight brute-force attacks. Syspeace wants to make the digital world safer for businesses, 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 automated hacking attempt, an attacker submits many passwords or passphrases, hoping to eventually get them right. Each and every possible password and passphrase is systematically checked to find the right one.

To keep trouble out and block brute-force attacks, Syspeace offers software that shields companies from IT theft, combined with outstanding customer support.