Akamai Research: AI-Powered Applications Drove 51 Billion Web Attacks In Asia Pacific And Japan, Up 73% Year-Over-Year
Analytics Insight, Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025
With over 18 billion web attacks, which correlates with these industries' accelerated adoption of emerging technologies such as AI
Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the cybersecurity and cloud computing company that powers and protects businesses online, today released a new State of the Internet (SOTI) report titled State of Apps and API Security 2025: How AI Is Shifting the Digital Terrain. The report revealed that the Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) region experienced a 73% increase in web application attacks year-over-year - the highest percentage increase globally - underscoring the need to protect web applications and APIs amidst the rapid growth and adoption of artificial intelligence (AI).