Between July and December last year the ICO recorded 1,345 “cybersecurity incidents”, including ransomware attacks, where assailants demand payment in cryptocurrency to decrypt a target’s computers, and phishing attacks, where the victim is tricked, often via email, into downloading malware or handing over their login details. This represented an increase of nearly 20% on the same period in 2019, according to the ICO data.

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