UK government reports on business breaches and it’s not pretty
From: Naked Security
by Guy Clapperton
The UK is about to go into general election mode unexpectedly, so it’s a funny time for its government to be issuing its Cyber Security Breaches Report 2017, which acknowledges that at least 2.5m cyberhacks have happened over the past 12 months.
The report found that just under half of UK businesses (46%) have now gone through some sort of cyber attack, often as a result of malware sent in attachments or clicks through to dodgy sites. What’s more, fewer than a third of UK businesses have a board member specifically tasked with cyber security and a “significant proportion” (the closest the government has disclosed to an actual figure) do not have the basic protections in place.
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