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40% rise in weekly cyber attacks

July 29, 2022

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In the second quarter of 2022, the average number of weekly cyber attacks* worldwide increased by 32 percent, compared to the same quarter last year. This reached a peak of an average of 1,200 weekly attacks per organization. In the Netherlands, an increase of 40 percent was measured. This is according to research by security provider Check Point.

The Education/Research sector is the most attacked globally, averaging more than 2,300 attacks per organization per week. This is a 53 percent increase from the second quarter of 2021. Healthcare saw a 60 percent increase in cyber attacks over the same period to 1342 attacks per organization per week.

Africa is the most attacked region in the second quarter of 2022, peaking at an average of nearly 1,800 weekly attacks per organization, up 3 percent from the same period last year for this continent. After Africa, Asia and Latin America follow with an average of nearly 1,700 and 1,600 attacks, up 25 and 29 percent, respectively, from last year.

Latin America saw the largest increase in attacks, with 1 in 23 organizations affected weekly, an increase of 43 percent, compared to 1 in 33 in the second quarter of 2021. Followed by the Asia region, where the number of attacks increased 33 percent, to 1 in 17 organizations affected each week.

The retail and wholesale sector saw the biggest spike in ransomware attacks, up 182 percent compared to the same period last year, followed by the distribution sector which saw a 143 percent increase. The government/defense sector also saw a sizable increase of 135 percent, marking 1 in 24 organizations hit by ransomware on a weekly basis.

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*Cyber attacks come in different shapes and sizes. From a computer virus or a hack to a DDoS attack, for example, targeting energy supplies or other vital systems. Cyber attacks therefore pose a risk to individual Internet users and national security.

Source: Weekly number of cyber attacks in the Netherlands up 40 percent - Emerce

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