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The likelihood of a cyber-attack

June 25, 2019

In April 2019, the BBC published the news that more than 50% of UK businesses have suffered a cyber-attack so far in 2019, after only 4 months. Yet, according to research from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, only 41% of companies think that cybercrime will affect them. To put into perspective just how likely cyber-attacks are, we have taken a look at some things that are surprisingly less likely to happen than a cyber-attack.

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The likelihood of a cyber-attack