Cyber crime is a term used to cover a whole host of different criminal acts. Most of them are not new and have been around since time began but what makes cyber crime such a huge issue is the access to huge amounts of data that is provided by a network. This guide highlights many of the risks and offers some guidance in how to protect yourself, your business and your families from the increasingly sophisticated methods used by the modern fraudster.
£27bn
The estimated cost to the UK economy of cyber crime according to the government
18m
The number of hoax emails sent a day about the Coronavirus according to Google
80%
Of UK businesses had experienced sustained cyber attacks according to a department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport report
Introduction
Cyber crime, or crime that uses the internet or a computer to carry out the crime, is a term used to cover a whole host of different criminal acts. Most of them are not new. Fraud and scams have been around since time began but what makes cyber crime such a huge issue is the access to huge amounts of data that is provided by a network. And the fact that within any network there can be vast amounts of people.
