Jamaica received 43 million cyber attacks in 2023 - Fortinet

Cyber Security Solutions company Fortinet says Jamaica received 43 million attempted cyberattacks in 2023.

According to data from FortiGuard Labs, Fortinet's threat intelligence and analysis laboratory, the Latin American and Caribbean region suffered 200 billion attempted attacks in 2023, accounting for 14.5 per cent of the total reported globally last year. 

Mexico, Brazil, and Colombia were the Latin American countries with the highest cyber-attack activity in 2023. 

There were 360 billion attempted cyberattacks in 2022.

Fortinet says the reduced number of attacks is not necessarily good news.

It says fewer attacks are designed for specific targets, making them more sophisticated and more likely to succeed if organizations do not have integrated, automated, and up-to-date cybersecurity defenses.