More than a third of UK cyber security pros say their companies were attacked in 2015

Sooraj Shah
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Most infosec pros reported that phishing or social engineering were the form of attack

More than a third (36 per cent) of UK cyber security professionals said that their business was hit by an IT security incident in 2015, according to a survey of nearly 200 IT security professionals...

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