Unprecedented Growth in Automated Hacking Attempts in Nevada, USA

Through the 14 days prior, the sum total of brute-force attacks in Nevada increased extremely compared to the previous 14-day period. The automated hacking attempts have shot up by 540 percent in the course of the previous 14-day period, according to information from Syspeace-secured Windows Servers. That’s the largest rise of brute-force attacks on Windows servers in the USA. Overall, in the USA, there was a noticeable growth of 67 percent.

Syspeace documented 830 automated hacking attempts per Windows servers in Nevada in the previous 14-day period. That means the automated hacking attempts escalated by 540 percent. That means 1,500 total the amount of automated hacking attempts in the Nevada throughout the last fortnight were blocked by Syspeace. In the course of a single 14-day period in the state’s measured history, this is the highest number of brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured server.

By means of a comparison, brute-force attacks in Connecticut and Virginia have gone up. With 34,000 blocked automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured Windows Server the last fortnight, Connecticut has seen an increase of 360 percent compared to the 14 days prior. In Virginia, the number has shot up by 94 percent to 13,000 automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured Windows Server.

The attacks on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers have shown a big increase all around the USA. Simply put, Nevada is not alone with the problem. There have been 67 percent more automated hacking attempts in the USA on Windows servers secured by Syspeace in the in the course of the 14 days prior compared to the 14 days prior. Up until today, this year there have been 3,700 automated hacking attempts per Windows server secured by Syspeace in the USA. In the same period last year, the amount of brute-force attacks has gone up by 2.7 percent. That means the number of brute-force attacks in the USA that were blocked by Syspeace was 1,900,000.

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

During the automated hacking attempt, 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 avoid problems and block brute-force attacks, Syspeace offers software that safeguards companies from IT theft, combined with outstanding customer support.