A quarter of the UK's cyber threats are ransomware attacks

Roland Moore-Colyer
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ESET's LiveGrid telemetry detected spike in ransomware attacks aimed at the UK

Ransomware accounted for a quarter of the threats aimed at UK computer users over the past seven days, signalling hackers are finding new ways to sneak moneymaking malware into targeted machines. ...

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