Human-initiated and automated bot attacks worldwide 2021

In the second half of 2021, the Latin American region saw the largest year-over-year increase in automated bot attack volume, over 450 percent. The region was also leading in human-initiated attacks. North America, on the other hand, saw a seven percent decrease in automated bot attacks volume compared to the previous year.

Year-over-year volume change of human-initiated and automated bot attacks worldwide in the 2nd half 2021, by region

Characteristic	Human-initiated attacks	Automated bot attacks
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Release date

March 2022

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

July to December 2021

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.

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