The scale and complexity of cyber attacks is wide ranging. Distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks against websites – often accompanied by extortion.Malicious software – including ransomware through which criminals hijack files and hold them to ransom.Phishing - bogus emails asking for security information and personal details.Hacking - including of social media and email passwords.Although young criminals are often driven by peer kudos rather than financial reward, organised UK cyber crime groups are motivated by profit.Ĭyber criminals seek to exploit human or security vulnerabilities in order to steal passwords, data or money directly. Many Russian-speaking cyber groups are threatening UK interests, but home-grown cyber criminals are becoming more sophisticated and therefore a rising threat. Tactics are currently shifting as businesses are targeted over individuals and although phishing attacks on individuals are increasing, fewer are falling victim as people have become more alert.īecause the distinction between nation states and criminal groups is increasingly blurred, cyber crime attribution is sometimes difficult. Breaches leaked personal data on a massive scale leaving victims vulnerable to fraud, while lives were put at risk and services damaged by the WannaCry ransomware campaign that affected the NHS and many other organisations worldwide. We have seen a significant growth in cyber criminality in the form of high-profile ransomware campaigns over the last year.
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