Big Increase in Automated Hacking Attempts in Minnesota

The report doesn\’t lie — the number of automated hacking attempts in Minnesota has went up throughout the previous 14 days. Information from Syspeace shows brute-force attacks per server have gone up by 24 percent. In contrast, there was no change in the sum total of brute-force attacks in the whole USA.

Syspeace recorded 60 automated hacking attempts per Windows servers in Minnesota through the 14 days prior. That is to say, the automated hacking attempts went up by 24 percent. The amount of brute-force attacks blocked by Syspeace in Minnesota was 100. It is the 10th highest number of automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured Windows Server for a single 14-day period in the state\’s measured history of hackers trying to gain access to servers.

For comparison, there has been a growth of the amount of brute-force attacks in Arizona and Washington. With 250 blocked automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured server the previous 14 days, Arizona has witnessed an escalation of 25 percent compared to the last fortnight. In Washington, the amount has grown by 23 percent to 2,200 automated hacking attempts per Windows server secured by Syspeace.

Up until today, this year there have been 810 automated hacking attempts per Windows server secured by Syspeace in the USA. Compared to the same period last year, the sum total of brute-force attacks has declined by 52 percent. Simply put, the sum total of automated hacking attempts blocked by Syspeace in the USA was 320,000.

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

An automated hacking attempt consists of an attacker submitting many passwords or passphrases with the hope of eventually guessing them. The attacker systematically checks all possible passwords and passphrases and tries to find the right one.

To avoid problems and block automated hacking attempts, Syspeace offers software that protects businesses from IT theft, combined with exceptional customer support.