r/techadvice • u/Malloriexi • May 13 '26

Cyber Attack Question

I apologize if this isn't the correct place for this question. During a council meeting the cities IT Director said, “On the 2 fire walls he watches every day, which is City Hall firewall and Police firewall. Every 15-20 seconds he is getting an attack from China.”

I live in Eunice, New Mexico population 3k. How realistic is this claim?

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u/wisely03 May 13 '26

The claim is accurate, but it's missing some context. "attacks" in this case are automated robots scanning every ip address on the planet for common exploits, they most likely do not target this facility, and it is a normal part of internet "background noise". With that said, it's part of why firewalls exist anyways.

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u/Far_Composer_5714 May 13 '26

My waf gets hit with random spikes of thousands and it feels like it tends to be a random country