Pennsylvania Aghast by Third Greatest Rise in Brute-Force Attacks in the USA

The amount of brute-force attacks on Windows servers in Pennsylvania surged during the 14 days prior. According to statistics from Windows servers secured by Syspeace, there was an increase of 110 percent in brute-force attacks per server. That’s the third largest growth of brute-force attacks on Windows servers in the USA. At the same time, there was a slight decline of 16 percent in the whole USA.

Syspeace registered 1,300 brute-force attacks per Windows servers in Pennsylvania throughout the last fortnight. In other words, the brute-force attacks surged by 110 percent. That means 4,400 total the sum total of automated hacking attempts in the Pennsylvania in the course of the previous 14-day period were blocked by Syspeace.

There has been, in comparison, a rise of the amount of brute-force attacks in New York and Indiana. With 3,200 blocked brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured server the previous 14 days, New York has recorded an escalation of 210 percent in comparison with the 14 days prior. In Indiana, the sum total has grown by 86 percent to 340 automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured server.

All around the USA, automated hacking attempts on Windows servers secured by Syspeace have shown a slight decrease, but Pennsylvania sees the opposite. The automated hacking attempts on Windows servers secured by Syspeace have dropped by 16 percent in the USA in the course of the last fortnight. Up until now, this year there have been 910 brute-force attacks per Windows server secured by Syspeace in the USA. Compared to the same period last year, the sum total of automated hacking attempts has declined by 44 percent. That means the amount of automated hacking attempts in the USA that were blocked by Syspeace was 370,000.

The evidence comes from Windows servers secured by Syspeace globally. Syspeace is an intrusion-prevention software that provides affordable and easy-to-use tools for firms to fight automated hacking attempts. Syspeace wants to make the digital world safer for companies, 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 finally get them right. Each and every possible password and passphrase is systematically inspected to find the correct one.

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