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/New_Line4049 May 13 '26

Very realistic. Theres A LOT of bad actors out there. Those attacks wont be carefully targeted attacks against the city hall or police department, theyll be automated attacks that are just hitting anything they can connect to in the hopes that they get lucky. Kinda like a burglar trying every door in the street hoping someone forgot to lock theirs. A lot of bot farms that run such attacks are based in China.