Over half of UK firms hit with phishing attacks, over a third suffered ransomware during pandemic

From itproportal.com

Over the past few months, more than half (55 percent) of businesses in the UK suffered a phishing attack, while a third (36 percent) were on the receiving end of a ransomware attack.

This is according to a new report from cybersecurity firm Netwrix, based on a poll of 937 IT pros, which uncovered that almost half (43 percent) of organizations in the UK feel at greater risk than before the pandemic.

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