Human-initiated and automated bot attacks volume worldwide 2020, by region

Published by Joseph Johnson, Jan 25, 2021

In the first half of 2020, approximately 109 million human-initiated and 442 million automated bot attacks were generated in North America, making this region the largest contributor of attacks worldwide. Meanwhile, EMEA was also an important source for cyber crime during this period with approximately 270 million bot and 71 million human-initiated attacks.

Volume of human-initiated and automated bot attacks worldwide in the 1st half 2020, by region (in millions)

Characteristic	Human-initiated attacks	Automated bot attacks
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Release date

September 2020

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

January to June 2020

Special properties

based on LexisNexis Digital Identity Netword, 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.