CYBERCRIME – including hacking, bogus emails, malicious software and other computer attacks – is costing the UK more than £190,000 every day.
Now businesses, organisations and individuals are being offered help to become more cyber aware with the launch today of Cyber Scotland Week – a programme of more than 100 seminars, presentations and networking opportunities.
It is being delivered by the Scottish Government and ScotlandIS, with a host of supporting partners, and comes amid a rising number of attacks.
Data has indicated that one in four cyber attacks last year was related to Covid-19; the total number of attacks this year is up by a fifth compared to the annual average since 2016; and the World Health Organisation (WHO) reported a five-fold increase in attacks on its systems in 2020 compared to the previous year.