22% of cybersecurity incidents in H1 2021 were ransomware attacks

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Ransomware attacks made up 22% of all reported cybersecurity incidents in the first half of 2021, according to recent analysis by CybSafe. CybSafe analysed data from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) to uncover the number and nature of UK cybersecurity breaches reported to the body in 2020 and 2021. So far in 2021 phishing was to blame for most incidents, accounting for 40% of all cybersecurity cases reported to the ICO, slightly down from 44% … More

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