19 Percent Increase in Automated Hacking Attempts in New Jersey

Automated hacking attempts on Windows servers in New Jersey have increased in the last fortnight. The automated hacking attempts have gone up by 19 percent during the 14 days prior, according to information from Windows servers secured by Syspeace. In the whole USA, there was a slight increase of 14 percent.

In New Jersey, the sum total of attacks on Windows servers secured by Syspeace grew through the past two weeks as 960 automated hacking attempts per Windows servers were logged by Syspeace. That means the brute-force attacks increased by 19 percent. Syspeace blocked 2,700 automated hacking attempts in New Jersey.

There has been, for the sake of comparison, an escalation of the amount of brute-force attacks in Michigan and Ohio. With 310 blocked automated hacking attempts per Windows server secured by Syspeace the last fortnight, Michigan has recorded a growth of 20 percent compared to the last fortnight. In Ohio, the sum total has risen by 18 percent to 120 automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured server.

All around the USA, automated hacking attempts on Windows servers secured by Syspeace have shown a slight growth, so New Jersey is not alone with the problem. In the course of the last weeks there have been 14 percent more brute-force attacks than during the previous 14 days in the USA. Up until today, this year there have been 1,500 brute-force attacks per Windows server secured by Syspeace in the USA. In the course of the same period last year, the amount of brute-force attacks has climbed up by 54 percent. That is to say, Syspeace blocked 780,000 automated hacking attempts in the USA.

The statistics is released from Syspeace-secured Windows Servers globally. Syspeace is an intrusion-prevention software that provides affordable and easy-to-use tools for companies to fight automated hacking attempts. Syspeace wants to make the digital world safer for firms, one server at a time. Having collected and analyzed data on brute-force attacks since 2012, Syspeace is the world leader on the topic.

An brute-force attack consists of an attacker submitting many passwords or passphrases with the hope of finally guessing them. The attacker systematically inspects all possible passwords and passphrases and tries to find the right one.

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