Cybercrime has skyrocketed 245% since the start of the Iran war

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Cybercrime has surged 245% since the start of the Iran war, according to Akamai, with increases in credential harvesting and automated reconnaissance targeting banks and critical infrastructure. Hacktivists are leveraging proxy services based in Russia and China to conduct billions of malicious connection attempts. The spike is directly linked to geopolitical tensions stemming from the ongoing Iran conflict.

<h4>Hacktivists use proxy services from Russia, China for 'billions of designed-for-abuse connection attempts'</h4> <p>Cybercrime has skyrocketed since the start of the Iran war, according to Akamai, which reports a 245 percent increase in everything from credential harvesting attempts to automated reconnaissance traffic aimed at banks and other critical businesses.…</p>