The UK reached its highest level of ransomware attacks in 2022 according to figures available from the Information Commission’s Office (IOC) – at 34% of all reported cybercrime.
Criminals compromised data on potentially more than 5.3 million people from more than 700 organisations according to the Data security incident trends report released by the ICO, covering the period up to Q3 2023.
The ICO’s data found ransomware incidents accounted for 20% of all incidents in 2020 before rising to 28% the next year. They then continued to increase to 34% in 2022.