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Figure 1: Top 10 Countries for Originating Attacks (Source: https://forescout.vederelabs.com/ )

At Forescout we track and monitor around 600 threat actors. In 2023, they targeted 163 countries. The
United States was the most targeted by far, in the second place came the Unted Kingdom, then
Germany, India and Japan. The vast majority of threat actors originated from China, Russia and Iran.
Together, these three countries accounted for almost half of threat actor groups in our database.
Government, Financial Services, and Media and Entertainment were the industries most targeted by
these actors.

Figure 2: Threat actors targeted 163 countries. The United States stands as the primary target, with 168
malicious actors setting their sights on the nation. Other countries include the United Kingdom (88) and
Germany (77) (Source: https://forescout.vederelabs.com/ )

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