Survey estimates 612K UK businesses targeted by cyberattacks in last year

A recent cyberattack against Jaguar-Land Rover that has halted production since 1 Sept., and cost the company approximately 50 million GBP per week in lost productivity, is part of a wave of attacks against major businesses and charities in the U.K. this year, the BBC reports. A U.K. government-issued Cyber Security Breaches Survey estimated 612,000 businesses and 61,000 charities were targeted across the U.K. in the last 12 months. The survey found the average cost of responding to a cyberattack is 8,260 GBP.
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