The Microsoft Exchange vulnerability was a global-scale security issue that affected thousands of organizations across the world. With the prevalence of Microsoft Exchange servers across the global attack surface, the sheer size of this incident goes well beyond security. In reality, this is a big data problem.
RiskIQ has continuously collected internet data for more than a decade to put the vulnerability's scope into context so our customers can respond rapidly. However, in the process, we noticed that not all countries are patching this critical vulnerability effectively.
The results of scans from our global sensors show that despite this being a ubiquitous issue, each country has reacted very differently, with patching success varying wildly across borders and continents.
How did different organizations and hosting providers fare in different regions around the world? We looked at our data to break it down:
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