Trend Analysis Report – Average Weekly Cyber Attacks Increase, Utilities-targeted Attacks Increase 18%

Check Point has written a blog covering its recent analysis of global cyber attack statistics and findings that Q2 of 2023 saw the highest number of average weekly cyber attacks in 2 years. Globally, this translates to organizations having faced an average of 1258 attacks per week, an 8 percent increase overall.

Drilling down into the data provided by Check Point, the Utilities Industry experienced 1302 attacks per week, slightly higher than the average. This represents a jump of 18 percent compared to Q2 of 2022. While the Utility Industry isn’t at the top of the list, this is a reminder that utilities remain a popular and growing target for threat actors. These statistics are notable; however, recent remarks from the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) remind us that organizations are notoriously unwilling to disclose actionable information related to breaches, citing that the number of data breaches with no actionable information about the root cause of the compromise grew 67 percent in H1 2023. This continued reticence to report and share information is a disservice. As the ITRC argues, this creates a situation where “opacity on the part of breached organizations impairs the ability of impacted parties to make informed decisions about what actions to take in the aftermath of incidents.” Read more at Check Point.