Tier-2 cities emerging sweet spots for cyber criminals: Report

The cyber security awareness among companies and cyber users in tier-2 regions is believed to be very low, and that has led to them becoming a sweet spot for cyber criminals across the world, reveals the Q2 findings of K7 Computing’s Cyber Threat Monitor (CTM).

According to the study, Patna registered the highest percentile of cyberattacks at 47% compared to the rest of the tier-2 cities covered in the study, and higher than any tier-1 city.
Guwahati, Lucknow, Bhubaneswar, and Jaipur witnessed a massive 45%, 44%, 43% and 40% of cyber users coming under attack.