UK Businesses Face New Cyber-attacks Every 44 Seconds In Q2 2024

17th July 2024

Analysis from Beaming shows UK businesses encountering over 180,000 cyber-attacks each in just three months, underlining the importance of comprehensive cybersecurity protocols.
UK businesses encountered a new cyber-attack online every 44 seconds in the second quarter of 2024, according to analysis from Beaming, an internet service provider for businesses.

Although most online attacks were detected and blocked at a network level or by company firewalls, there were 5% more this year than in the same period of 2023, with companies connected to the internet encountering 180,714 attacks each, on average, between April and June.

The elevated levels of cyber-attack activity experienced in the second quarter of 2024 extend a prolonged period of malicious online activity. The final three months of 2023 were the worst period ever for cyber-attacks on UK businesses, with companies encountering a new attempt to breach their systems online every 40 seconds, on average.

The first quarter of 2024 was the worst start to a year, with companies encountering 181,172 online attacks each, the equivalent of one every 43 seconds.

A survey of UK businesses, conducted for Beaming by researchers at Censuswide, indicated that more than 1.5 million firms fell victim to some form of cyber-crime last year at a cost of more than £30.5 billion.

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