Minnesota Records a Big Growth in Brute-Force Attacks

In the course of the 14 days prior, the amount of automated hacking attempts in Minnesota went up compared to the last fortnight. Information from Syspeace shows brute-force attacks per server have climbed up by 24 percent. In contrast, there was a slight decline of 16 percent in the whole USA.

Syspeace logged 41 automated hacking attempts per Windows servers in Minnesota throughout the past two weeks. That means the automated hacking attempts increased greatly by 24 percent. That means 74 total the amount of automated hacking attempts in the Minnesota through the 14 days prior were blocked by Syspeace. In the state’s measured history, this is the 15th highest number of attempted automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured Windows Server for a single 14-day period.

There has been, by means of a comparison, a growth of the number of brute-force attacks in New Jersey and Ohio. With 230 blocked automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured Windows Server the previous 14 days, New Jersey has recorded a growth of 29 percent in comparison with the previous 14 days. In Ohio, the amount has shot up by 19 percent to 67 automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured server.

The attacks on Syspeace-secured Windows Servers have shown a slight decrease all around the USA. In other words, Minnesota is going against the flow. The automated hacking attempts on Windows servers secured by Syspeace have decreased by 16 percent in the USA throughout the last fortnight. Up until today, this year there have been 910 brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured Windows Server in the USA. The automated hacking attempts have shot up by 44 percent on a year-to-year comparison. That means the amount of automated hacking attempts in the USA that were blocked by Syspeace was 370,000.

The information is provided by Syspeace, a company that helps fight automated hacking attempts. Syspeace saves companies time, effort, and money by blocking attacks that otherwise take many hours of repetitive, manual labor to track down and prevent. Syspeace records all the global Windows servers secured by Syspeace carefully. The company is a global trendsetter on the topic since 2012, having collected and analyzed information on automated hacking attempts.

During the automated hacking attempt, an attacker submits many passwords or passphrases, hoping to finally get them right. Each and every possible password and passphrase is systematically checked to find the right one.

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