Significant Growth in Automated Hacking Attempts in Indiana

The number is clear — the sum total of automated hacking attempts in Indiana has increased noticeably through the previous 14-day period. Information from Syspeace shows brute-force attacks per server have grown by 20 percent. There was a big increase of 32 percent in the whole USA.

In Indiana, the amount of attacks on Windows servers secured by Syspeace built up in the course of the previous 14-day period as 260 brute-force attacks per Windows servers were documented by Syspeace. Simply put, the automated hacking attempts increased noticeably by 20 percent. The sum total of brute-force attacks blocked by Syspeace in Indiana was 410.

With similar changes, there has been a climb of the sum total of automated hacking attempts in Oregon and Arkansas. With 240 blocked automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured server the previous 14-day period, Oregon has recorded a climb of 26 percent compared to the two weeks prior. In Arkansas, the amount has risen by 20 percent to 5,200 brute-force attacks per Syspeace-secured server.

The attacks on Windows servers secured by Syspeace have shown a big increase all around the USA. Simply put, Indiana is not alone with the problem. The brute-force attacks on Windows servers secured by Syspeace have gone up by 32 percent in the USA through the past two weeks. So far, this year there have been 1,200 automated hacking attempts per Syspeace-secured server in the USA. The brute-force attacks have grown by 53 percent on a year-to-year comparison. That means the amount of brute-force attacks in the USA that were blocked by Syspeace was 490,000.

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

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 inspected to find the right one.

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