Indiana Records 4.2 Percent Increase in Brute-Force Attacks

The sum total of automated hacking attempts on Windows servers in Indiana increased in the course of the two weeks prior. The brute-force attacks have climbed up by 4.2 percent through the 14 days prior, according to statistics from Windows servers secured by Syspeace. Overall, in the USA, there was a slight escalation of 19 percent.

Syspeace registered 510 automated hacking attempts per Windows servers in Indiana throughout the previous 14-day period. In other words, the automated hacking attempts grew slightly by 4.2 percent. Syspeace blocked 540 brute-force attacks in Indiana. It is the 14th highest number of automated hacking attempts per Windows server secured by Syspeace for a single 14-day period in the state’s measured history of hackers trying to gain access to servers.

For a comparison, brute-force attacks in West Virginia and Washington have grown. With 5,000 blocked automated hacking attempts per Windows server secured by Syspeace the last fortnight, West Virginia has recorded a rise of 9.4 percent compared to the previous 14-day period. In Washington, the sum total has gone up by 3 percent to 5,500 automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured Windows Server.

Indiana is not alone. The attacks on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers have shown a slight escalation all around the USA. The automated hacking attempts on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers have climbed up by 19 percent in the USA through the two weeks prior. So far, this year there have been 4,500 automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured server in the USA. The brute-force attacks have gone up by 11 percent on a year-to-year comparison. That is to say, Syspeace blocked 2,100,000 brute-force attacks in the USA.

The statistics is collected by Syspeace, a company that helps fight automated hacking attempts. Syspeace saves firms time, effort, and money by blocking attacks that otherwise take many hours of repetitive, manual labor to detect 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 evidence on automated hacking attempts.

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

To keep problems out and block brute-force attacks, Syspeace offers software that safeguards firms from IT theft, combined with excellent customer support.