140% increase in cyber attacks hits UK businesses.
Cyber-attacks
in the UK spiralled upwards by 140% in 2018, according to a recent
cyber-threat landscape report. According to the paper,
a rise in botnet activity also saw 40% of small and mid-sized
businesses impacted by at least one cyber-attack over the 12-month
period. A
new study from
computer and network security company eSentire has found that
cyber-attacks in the UK spiked by a colossal margin over the course of
last year. According to the study, Britain was stung
by 140% more cyber-attacks than the year previous, something driven
chiefly by a global increase in botnet activity. This increase in attack
traffic also caused nearly 40% of small and medium enterprises in the
UK to experience at least one cybersecurity incident.
Source: Consultancy UK
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