For a truly sleepless night, read on and discover some of the scariest statistics about cyber-attacks for businesses...
- UK businesses have reported a 22% increase in cyber-crime in the past year, resulting in more than £1bn in losses
- Cyber-crime is the fastest-growing area of economic fraud, accounting for 44% of Britain’s economic crime
- Cyber criminals are becoming more prolific and successful – the number of successful attacks has risen 44% in the last year
- Mandate fraud, where fraudsters trick employees into changing a direct debit or standing order by pretending to be a supplier, has increased by 65% in the past year.
- There was a 36% increase in new malware variants used by hackers to compromise computers between 2014 and 2015
- 86% of websites analysed in a recent survey were found to have at least one serious vulnerability
- Global cyber-crime is forecast to reach $2 trillion by 2019
- 71% of consumers believe cyber-attacks damage an organisation’s reputation
- 65% of people think cyber-attacks decrease trust in a brand
- 53% wouldn’t engage with the brand in future
PwC global corporate intelligence expert Mark Anderson believes ‘the threat of cybercrime is now a board-level risk issue, but not enough UK companies treat it that way.’ Based on our own experience, we’d have to agree.
Don’t become a statistic
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