Editorial

Hackers attacked the world’s businesses 22 million times in the last 7 days alone

Atlas VPN thinks cyber-criminals and hacktivists could be attacking corporations 20 million times per day – and that breaches will exceed the 8 billion record figure the world saw in 2019

Posted 21 April 2020 by Gary Flood


Hackers attacked businesses more than 22 million times during the last week (April 13th to 19th) worldwide – with over 63% of these hacking attempts being malware-based.

The data, released yesterday, was compiled and analysed by free virtual private network player Atlas VPN.

Its research also shows that:

  • there were 3.26 million cyberattacks daily throughout last week, translating to 2,070,297 malware attacks per day during the period under examination
  • most cyberattacks were attempted on April 15, with a total of over 3.6 million intrusion attempts
  • phishing attacks and C&C attacks comprised 11% and 26% of total attacks, respectively. 
  • and that during the last 30 days, cybercriminals tried to infiltrate corporate networks nearly 100 million times. 

Commenting on the data, Rachel Welsh, COO of the company, also warns that, “Due to the increased Internet usage and more people working from home because of the coronavirus pandemic, this could [also] be a record year for both hacker attacks and the number of records breached.”

In fact, her team now estimates cyber-criminals and hacktivists could be attacking corporations 20 million times per day globally – and that breaches will exceed the 8 billion record figure the world saw in 2019.

To read the full report, head over to https://atlasvpn.com/blog/hackers-attacked-businesses-22-million-times-in-the-last-7-days-globally/