District of Columbia Sees No Change in Automated Hacking Attempts

In the past two weeks, District of Columbia has seen how the amount of brute-force attacks has remained the same. Evidence from Syspeace shows the number of brute-force attacks per server has remained unchanged. However, there was a big decrease of 33 percent overall in the whole USA.

Syspeace logged 380 automated hacking attempts per Windows servers in District of Columbia through the 14 days prior. That’s on the same level as the previous 14-day period. Syspeace blocked 380 brute-force attacks in District of Columbia.

Massachusetts and Mississippi have witnessed no significant changes in automated hacking attempts during the past two weeks. There have been 720 of brute-force attacks per Windows server secured by Syspeace in Massachusetts in the course of the 14 days prior. In Mississippi the number is 510.

Up until today, this year there have been 1,900 automated hacking attempts per Windows server secured by Syspeace in the USA. Throughout the same period last year, the amount of brute-force attacks has gone up by 4.3 percent. That is to say, the sum total of automated hacking attempts blocked by Syspeace in the USA was 930,000.

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

During the brute-force attack, an attacker submits many passwords or passphrases, hoping to ultimately get them right. Each and every possible password and passphrase is systematically inspected to find the right one.

To keep problems out and block automated hacking attempts, Syspeace offers software that protects firms from IT theft, combined with outstanding customer support.