Over a third of UK businesses affected by ransomware in the last year

Stuart Sumner
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IT experts state that ransomware and phishing are increasing the most in frequency and severity, with almost two thirds having been attacked or breached in the last 12 months

Nearly 60 per cent of IT experts admit that their organisations have suffered some form of breach or attack in the last 12 months. That's according to new research from Computing, conducted amon...

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