Back in September, in the midst of the 2020 election, I wrote a blog post on seeing a spike in hacking attempts. Normally, I see less than 50 attempts in a month. Since the spike last fall, the number of attacks has consistently been above 50. After the election, I saw the number of hacking attempts continue to rise and then suddenly reduce. See below graph.
![](http://blog.greenobjects.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image-3.png)
This reduction coincides with President Biden’s inauguration in January. Based on my analysis the bulk of the attacks originated from Europe, specifically Germany, Ukraine and Netherlands. I noticed this month I have been receiving more alerts of hacking attempts. So I decided to look at the hacking attempts going up to 21-MAY. Here’s what I found:
- Number of hacking attempts was 73
- Countries with largest number of attempts were Germany (16), US (12) and Ukraine (9)
- A handful of attacks from countries in Latin America, Africa and Asia.
- A bunch of other European countries were tied at 3 (max attempts before blocking)
- All attacks from Germany came on same day, but from different subnets (i.e. coordinated)
The US attacks were from the Northeast, Arizona and Michigan. They happened after I responded to Congressional Rep. Ayanna Pressely, see below:
Not sure what conclusions I draw from the above, especially when I really do not have much of an online presence. They must be very offended by my Nana’s Lokshen Kugel and Meatball recipes.
Stay safe and keep calm.