UK businesses lost £64bn to cyber-attacks over a three-year period

How cyber criminals penetrate businesses - and how to stop them

Following the high-profile cyber attacks on Marks & Spencer, the Co-op and Harrods, you might thing attacks are confined to the big companies. But you’d be wrong. Just because the big guys make the headlines, it doesn’t mean the problem is solely at top level. In reality, all businesses are targets.In today’s hyperconnected world, cybercrime is no longer the domain of lone hackers in hoodies. It’s a global, organised, and evolving threat targeti…

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UK businesses lost £64bn to cyber-attacks over a three-year period

British companies have lost as much as £64bn to cyber-attacks in the past three years, fresh analysis has revealed.  In recent weeks prominent attacks against the IT systems of major retailers M&S, Co-op and Harrods have highlighted how dangerous hackers can be, but they are by no means isolated incidents.  In the last three years, over half of UK companies (53%) have suffered some form of cyber-attack or data breach, according to figures from c…