Noticeable Growth in Automated Hacking Attempts in Maine

The amount of automated hacking attempts on Windows servers in Maine grew throughout the previous 14 days. The automated hacking attempts have risen by 10 percent through the past two weeks, according to evidence from Windows servers secured by Syspeace. However, there was a slight contraction of 18 percent in the whole USA.

In Maine, the sum total of attacks on Windows servers secured by Syspeace increased in the course of the previous 14-day period as 1,300 automated hacking attempts per Windows servers were documented by Syspeace. That means the automated hacking attempts increased by 10 percent. Syspeace blocked 1,300 automated hacking attempts in Maine.

By way of comparison, there has been an increase of the number of automated hacking attempts in District of Columbia and Iowa. With 400 blocked automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured server the 14 days prior, District of Columbia has recorded a rise of 17 percent compared to the past two weeks. In Iowa, the amount has risen by 6.3 percent to 590 brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured Windows Server.

All around the USA, automated hacking attempts on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers have shown a slight drop, but Maine sees the opposite. The automated hacking attempts on Windows servers secured by Syspeace have decreased by 18 percent in the USA during the 14 days prior. By now, this year there have been 780 automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured server in the USA. Compared to the same period last year, the sum total of automated hacking attempts has diminished by 67 percent. Simply put, Syspeace blocked 350,000 automated hacking attempts in the USA.

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

During the automated hacking attempt, an attacker submits many different passwords and passphrases in the system, hoping to finally get them right. The attacker systematically checks all possible passwords and passphrases to find the right one.

To keep systems secure and block automated hacking attempts, Syspeace provides software that protects enterprises from IT theft, combined with outstanding customer support.