Cybercrime Has Doubled in the Last Five Years
Cyber Attacks in the UK Double in Five Years A new report says that a quarter of UK businesses suffered cybercrime in 2019. That equates to about 1.5 million businesses, up from 755,000 in 2015. Even though large enterprises are considered most at risk, it’s SMEs who saw the steepest rise in victim rates. Beaming claims almost two thirds (62 per cent) of SMEs were attacked in 2019. The cost of these attacks is around £87 billion ($108 billion).