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2.5 million cyber crimes committed in UK in a year, says Office for National Statistics

Danny Palmer

15 October 2015 • 3 min read

...but figures don't paint whole picture, argue security experts

There were over 2.5 million reported incidents of cyber crime in the last year, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has predicted. It comes as the body has issued statistics on hacking and ...

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