The UK suffers more cyberattacks than any other European country

The challenges laid out in the report need to be addressed if the UK is to make its national cyber strategy a reality, says James Sullivan, director of cyber research at the Royal United Services Institute think tank. “This provides valuable evidence to show that cybercrime, in particular extortion from ransomware and fraud, continues to impact the UK,” Sullivan said. “If the UK’s aspiration for a ‘whole of society’ approach to cyber resilience is to be realised, how the country responds to cyber extortion over the coming years may be one way to bring the concept to life,” he said.