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Briefing: Schools, charities and public sector sees ‘more frequent’ cyber attacks in 2024

By 2024-08-28T08:00:00

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Cyber criminals seeking personal data phishing and ransomware opportunities are looking at tightly resourced schools, charities and public sector firms as targets

Although we can all agree that cyber attacks have a terrifyingly indiscriminate nature to them, there are perhaps a few sectors where this rise in cyber crime has flown under the radar – for example, schools, charities and public sector organisations.

Arun Banerjee, a cyber risk consultant at Zurich Resilience Solutions, agreed that “cyber attacks on schools, the public sector and charities in the UK have been more frequent in 2024, which reflects the evolving nature of cyber security threats across these sectors”.

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