Over 2,000 cyber attacks hit a single Indian firm a week on average: report

A single Indian organisation suffered 2,146 cyber attacks on average per week in the last six months, compared to 1,239 attacks per organisation globally, according to Check Point’s ‘Threat Intelligence Report 2023’ on Monday.

According to the report, healthcare (4,839), followed by education and research (3,532), government/military (3,017), and insurance/legal (2,523) were the most attacked industries in India.

Globally, the second quarter (Q2) of 2023 saw an 8% surge in global weekly cyberattacks. The report noted that the education and research sector experienced the highest number of attacks per week and Africa and APAC faced the highest annual increase in weekly attacks per organisation.


“While the disruptive impact of the Russo-Ukrainian conflict on the cyber landscape has relatively reduced in recent months, the threat landscape has returned to a state of ‘normality.’ This new normal is characterised by an increase in cyberattacks,” the report mentioned.

Despite the conflict's effect waning effect on the cyber threat landscape, the persistence of these threats highlights the ongoing need for heightened vigilance and robust cybersecurity measures to counteract the relentless and evolving nature of cyberattacks, it added.

In addition, cybercriminals continue to leverage the latest AI revolution, by stretching the borders of generative AI chat platforms such as ChatGPT4. In Q2, one out of every 44 organisations worldwide experienced a ransomware attack, representing a decrease of 9% compared to Q2 2022.

APAC and Europe saw significant year-over-year increase in ransomware attacks per organisation, with 29% and 21% increase, respectively, said the report.