UK businesses face growing threat from cyber-attacks – report

National Cyber Security Centre finds increase in criminal online attacks against UK firms in 2017

Criminal cyber-attacks on UK businesses increased last year, according to the annual report of the National Cyber Security Centre.

Firms face a growing threat from ransomware, data breaches and weaknesses in the supply chain, according to the report, published on Tuesday. Emerging threats include theft from cloud storage, which the NCSC argues too many businesses put their faith in.