Security News > 2020 > January > Organizations Feel Threat of Nation-State Attacks, Survey Shows
According to Radware's latest Global Application & Network Security Report, of 561 respondents representing a broad range of organizations worldwide, 27% said their company was hit by nation-state hackers in 2019, a 42% increase compared to 2018, when only 19% of respondents claimed they experienced such attacks.
The survey demonstrates that organizations of all sizes consider the threat of nation-state attacks to be serious.
Organizations in North America are more likely to report such attacks from foreign governments, at 36%, the report found.
The survey did not elaborate on the sophistication or extent of these attacks.
Organizations in North America revealed that ransom was the highest motivation for the attackers, at 70%. The report also found that hacktivism is more prevalent in EMEA compared to the global average and that the APAC region registered the highest number of angry user retaliation: 30%, compared to the average of 20%. Malware and bots were most prevalent last year, being observed in 72% of the attacks, followed by socially engineered threats at 65%. The report revealed that 48% respondents experienced distributed denial of service, 46% suffered web application attacks, 39% received ransom threats, 21% were hit by cryptominers, and 17% experienced API abuse.