Businesses are still scared of reporting cyberattacks to the police

Under a third of cyberattacks against businesses are reported to the police, suggesting that organisations are underestimating the threat posed by hackers and cybercrime, a new study has warned.

According to Cyber Security: Underpinning the Digital Economy, a report by the Institute of Directors and Barclays bank, companies are keeping quiet about being the victim of a cyberattack, even if their operations were badly affected by such an incident — as figures suggest was the case for half of respondents. [1]

[1] By Danny Palmer for ZDNet

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