The U.S. by far has been hit harder than any other country in the world with 156 “significant” cyberattacks since 2006, according to new data from the U.S.-based think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) that chronicles major hacks up until last month.
The U.K. finished second with 47 significant attacks, which is defined by CSIS as cyberattacks on government agencies, defense and high-tech companies or economic crimes that rack up losses of more than a $1 dollars.
India ranked third with 23 such large-scale attacks, and Germany fourth with 21 attacks. Interestingly, Russia only had eight attacks during and North Korea five, while other nation states with substantial resources devoted to cyber security, such as China and Iran (both at 15) and North Korea only five attacks. Meanwhile, the latter’s bordering nation, South Korea, had 18.
Analysis from Specops Research shows that the U.S. suffered 11 very serious attacks each year since 2006. Yet China, Iran and Saudi Arabia have each experienced only 15 significant cyber attacks during the same period.
“Whilst some countries have had to deal with more cyber attacks classified as significant than others,” Specops security expert Darren James said in a release, “it’s an important reminder for those in notable positions of power the role they can play in providing the public sufficient and continual governance on what online best practices they can implement to prevent their IT estate from being exploited by opportunistic cybercriminals.”
Chris Morales, head of security analytics at Vectra took issue with CSIS providing information to the U.S. government.
“[CSIS] do not receive data from the nations they are measuring. That means the only way to glean information is from what is shared publicly o ..
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