Automated Hacking Attempts Go up Significantly in New Jersey

In the course of the two weeks prior, New Jersey has seen how the sum total of brute-force attacks has increased greatly. Statistics from Syspeace shows automated hacking attempts per server have climbed up by 29 percent. At the same time, there was a slight contraction of 16 percent in the whole USA.

In New Jersey, the sum total of attacks on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers went up through the previous 14 days as 230 automated hacking attempts per Windows servers were logged by Syspeace. That means the brute-force attacks built up by 29 percent. The sum total of automated hacking attempts blocked by Syspeace in New Jersey was 860.

With similar changes, Rhode Island and Minnesota have been under increased attacks. With 130 blocked brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured Windows Server the past two weeks, Rhode Island has witnessed an escalation of 44 percent compared to the previous 14 days. In Minnesota, the amount has climbed up by 24 percent to 41 automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured server.

New Jersey is under increasing attacks, but at the same time the attacks on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers have decreased all around the USA. The brute-force attacks on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers have dropped by 16 percent in the USA in the course of the past two weeks. Up until now, this year there have been 910 brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured server in the USA. The brute-force attacks have grown by 44 percent on a year-to-year comparison. That means the sum total of brute-force attacks in the USA that were blocked by Syspeace was 370,000.

The statistics source is Syspeace, a service provider that fights automated hacking attempts. Syspeace wants to make the digital world safer for firms, one server at a time. Having collected and analyzed evidence on brute-force attacks since 2012, Syspeace is a global trendsetter on the topic. The company believes that cyber security management doesn’t have to be complicated and expensive.

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 correct one.

To avoid trouble and block automated hacking attempts, Syspeace offers software that shields firms from IT theft, combined with excellent customer support.