Second Greatest Increase of Automated Hacking Attempts in the world in Georgia

The report doesn’t lie — the amount of automated hacking attempts in Georgia has increased significantly through the two weeks prior. The brute-force attacks have grown by 3,400 percent in the course of the two weeks prior, according to statistics from Windows servers secured by Syspeace. That’s the second greatest increase of brute-force attacks on Windows servers in the world. At the same time, there was a slight drop of 7.9 percent in the whole world.

Syspeace recorded 12,000 automated hacking attempts per Windows servers in Georgia throughout the last fortnight. In other words, the brute-force attacks shot up by 3,400 percent. That means 12,000 total the sum total of automated hacking attempts in the Georgia throughout the 14 days prior were blocked by Syspeace. It is the highest number of automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured server for a single 14-day period in the country’s measured history of hackers trying to gain access to servers.

For the purpose of comparison, Czech Republic and Turkey have been under increased attacks. With 7,100 blocked automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured Windows Server the two weeks prior, Czech Republic has seen a growth of 16,000 percent in comparison with the previous 14 days. In Turkey, the sum total has gone up by 190 percent to 740 brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured server.

The attacks on Windows servers secured by Syspeace have shown a slight decline all around the world. In other words, Georgia is going against the flow. The automated hacking attempts on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers have decreased by 7.9 percent in the world in the course of the previous 14 days. Up until today, this year there have been 960 brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured Windows Server in the world. The brute-force attacks have risen by 22 percent on a year-to-year comparison. Simply put, Syspeace blocked 750,000 automated hacking attempts in the world.

The data is collected by Syspeace, a service provider that fights brute-force attacks. Syspeace wants to make the digital world safer for businesses, one server at a time. Having collected and analyzed evidence on automated hacking attempts since 2012, Syspeace is a global trendsetter on the topic. The company believes that cyber security management doesn’t have to be complicated and expensive.

An automated hacking attempt consists of an attacker submitting many passwords or passphrases with the hope of in the end guessing them. The attacker systematically inspects all possible passwords and passphrases and tries to find the right one.

To keep systems secure and block brute-force attacks, Syspeace provides software that shields businesses from IT theft, combined with outstanding customer support.