Noticeable Increase of Automated Hacking Attempts in Ohio Recorded

Automated hacking attempts on Windows servers in Ohio have grew in the course of the last fortnight. The automated hacking attempts have risen by 18 percent through the last fortnight, according to statistics from Syspeace-secured Windows Servers. Overall, in the USA, there was a slight growth of 14 percent.

In Ohio, the amount of attacks on Windows servers secured by Syspeace increased slightly in the previous 14 days as 120 brute-force attacks per Windows servers were recorded by Syspeace. That means the automated hacking attempts increased by 18 percent. Syspeace blocked 670 automated hacking attempts in Ohio.

By means of a comparison, brute-force attacks in New Jersey and Arkansas have gone up. With 960 blocked brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured Windows Server the past two weeks, New Jersey has seen a rise of 19 percent compared to the last fortnight. In Arkansas, the amount has climbed up by 7.4 percent to 7,800 brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured Windows Server.

The attacks on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers have shown a slight increase all around the USA. That is to say, Ohio is not alone with the problem. During the last weeks there have been 14 percent more automated hacking attempts than in the course of the 14 days prior in the USA. So far, this year there have been 1,500 automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured server in the USA. Compared to the same period last year, the amount of automated hacking attempts has gone up by 54 percent. That is to say, Syspeace blocked 780,000 automated hacking attempts in the USA.

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 tracks all the global Windows servers secured by Syspeace meticulously. The company is a global innovator on the topic since 2012, having collected and analyzed information on automated hacking attempts.

An automated hacking attempt 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 problems out and block brute-force attacks, Syspeace offers software that shields enterprises from IT theft, combined with exceptional customer support.