Annual data on the nature of fraud and computer misuse offences. Data for the year ending March 2021 and March 2022 are from the Telephone-operated Crime Survey for England and Wales (TCSEW).

As of January 2024, around 58 percent of large companies in the United Kingdom (UK) had experienced cybercrime within the past year. Medium businesses ranked second, with 45 percent of companies experiencing cybercrime. Overall, about 22 percent of UK businesses stated having experienced any form of cybercrime in the preceding year.

Estimates from Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) on fraud and computer misuse. Also data from Home Office police recorded crime on the number of online offences recorded by the police and Action Fraud figures broken down by police force area.

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According to a survey of adults in the United Kingdom (UK) in December 2024, male respondents were more likely to clean personal data from their old devices, at 85 percent. Additionally, 83 percent of women said the same.

Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) and Home Office police recorded crime data, by quarterly time periods.

In early 2025, a small biotech firm in California found itself locked out of its systems overnight. The attackers demanded a ransom in cryptocurrency, exploiting a vulnerability in a forgotten server. The breach didn’t just compromise proprietary research, it crippled investor confidence and cost millions in lost opportunities. This story...

As of January 2024, around nine in ten businesses in the United Kingdom (UK) stated having experienced a phishing attack in the past year. A further 10 percent said they had experienced hacking incidents. Additionally, around two percent reported experiencing viruses, spyware, or malware attacks.

Cybercrime costs in the United Kingdom (UK) reached an estimated 51.81 billion U.S. dollars in 2024. Between 2017 and 2024, this figure has seen a significant increase. According to the latest estimates, this dynamic will continue in upcoming years, reaching approximately 98 billion U.S. dollars in cybercrime costs by 2028.

The number of cyber-dependent crime incidents in the United Kingdom (UK) has increased between the fourth quarter of 2022 and the second quarter of 2023. In the most recently measured period, 8,106 such incidents were reported in the market, up from 6,030 cases in the fourth quarter of 2022.

Between the fourth quarter of 2022 and the second quarter of 2023, the monetary losses caused by cyber-dependent crime in the United Kingdom (UK) fluctuated. In the first quarter of 2023, the loss amount was 1.8 million GBP, up from 1.3 million GBP in the fourth quarter of 2022. In the second quarter of 2023, the amount of losses due to cybercrime incidents decreased again, totaling 1.1 million GBP.

This statistic show the market forecast of the total cyber security sector in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2017. The estimated market size of the total cyber security sector in 2017 is 3,489 million British pounds (GBP). Cyber security exists because the threats and costs are great enough to warrant these measure. When considering the average annual cyber crime costs by industry sector it is necessary to have cyber security in place.The total market size in this statistic is comprised and various different market segments, services, and solutions. When breaking down the solution types there is: governance, content, systems, and infrastructure. In terms of market segments, included are: defense and intelligence, other public sector, enterprises, and small & medium enterprises and consumers. Broken down by IT product/service there is: software, project services & outsourcing, hardware, network, and management consultancy.

In January 2025, a small fintech startup in Austin discovered it had fallen victim to a cyberattack. At first glance, the breach looked like a typical case of credential stuffing. But it wasn’t. The attacker had used an AI-driven system that mimicked the behavioral patterns of employees, learning login habits,...

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The Global Cybersecurity Threats Dataset (2015-2024) provides extensive data on cyberattacks, malware types, targeted industries, and affected countries. It is designed for threat intelligence analysis, cybersecurity trend forecasting, and machine learning model development to enhance global digital security.

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In the second quarter of 2023, 30862 consumer fraud cases were reported in the United Kingdom, making it the type of fraud with the highest number of reports. Advance fee ranked second, with 9872 reports. Cyber dependent crime, which indicates different forms of hacking and cybercrime, followed with over 8100 reported cases.

This supplementary volume explores topics from the 2010/11 British Crime Survey and provides analysis of the extent of and perceptions towards hate crime, use of the internet and cyber security and experimental statistics on the experience of crime among children aged 10 to 15.

Data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) and the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB), including numbers of incidents and characteristics of victims.

This statistic displays the findings on a survey on the levels of awareness of risks of cybercrime in the United Kingdom (UK) in October 2019. During the survey period, it was found that ** percent of respondents stated that they felt fairly well informed about the risks of cybercrime. ** percent felt very well informed, and **** percent felt not informed at all on the topic for the evaluated period.

Ponzi schemes that offer absurdly high rates of return by relying on more and more people paying into the scheme have been documented since at least the mid-1800s. Ponzi schemes have shifted online in the Internet age, and some are re-branded as HYIPs or High Yield Investment Programs. This paper focuses on understanding HYIPs' continuous presence and presents various possible reasons behind their existence in today's world. A look into the countries where these schemes purport to exist, we find that 62.89% of all collected HYIPs claim to be in the United Kingdom (UK), and a further 55.56% are officially registered in the UK as a 'limited company' with a registration number provided by the UK Companies House, a UK agency that registers companies. We investigate other factors influencing these schemes, including the HYIPs' social media platforms and payment processors. The lifetime of the HYIPs helps to understand the success/failure of the investment schemes and helps indicate the schemes that could attract more investors. Using Cox proportional regression analysis, we find that having a valid UK address significantly affects the lifetime of an HYIP.