Energy, Healthcare, and Finance: Why Midwest Industries Are Facing Surging Cyber Attacks (opens in new tab)

Across the United States, the average organization faced slightly fewer cyber attacks per week in May 2026 than it did a year earlier, according to Check Point Research — the national figure was essentially flat year over year. In the Central US, however, the trend ran the other way. Organizations there faced more attacks than a year ago, and more than the national average — as they did in every month of 2026. Through the first five months of the year, the typical Central US organization face...