Leading countries targeted by web application attacks 2017

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Ani Petrosyan,
Dec 7, 2024
The statistic shows the number of worldwide web application attack traffic directed to selected target countries. During fourth quarter of 2017, 238.6 million web application attacks was directed towards websites in the United States. Second-ranked Brazil was victim of 21.9 million attacks.

Number of global web application attacks during 4th quarter 2017, by target country (in millions)

CharacteristicNumber of web attacks in millions
United States 238.64
Brazil 21.9
United Kingdom 19.39
Canada 17.46
Germany 13.43
China 11.91
Japan 11.55
India 10.51
Australia 9.76
Hong Kong 5.73
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Number of web attacks in millions238.64238.6421.921.919.3919.3917.4617.4613.4313.4311.9111.9111.5511.5510.5110.519.769.765.735.73United StatesBrazilUnited KingdomCanadaGermanyChinaJapanIndiaAustraliaHong Kong
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February 2018

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