In 2022, the Latin American region saw the most significant year-over-year increase in human-initiated attack volume, over 100 percent. The highest spike in automated bot attacks was seen in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), 75 percent. North America saw an increase in both human-initiated and bot attacks.
Year-over-year volume change of human-initiated and automated bot attacks worldwide in 2022, by region
based on source's characteristics; wider industry metrics may vary
Supplementary notes
North America includes the U.S. and Canada. Mexico is included in the LATAM regional analysis.
Attacks in the Digital Identity Network are split by human-initiated attacks, which typically return full digital identity profiling data relating to individual events, and high velocity automated bot attacks.
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