Foreign law enforcement agencies made a record number of requests to the UK government for information relating to cybercrime investigations in 2015, new intelligence has releaved.

There were 1,652 requests in 2015, up 44% on 2014 and three times as many as 2013, according to data gathered by Thomson Reuters from a freedom of information request.

The increase in the scale, sophistication and frequency of cyber attacks in the last few years has required greater collaboration between global law enforcement agencies, Thomson Reuters said.

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Matthew Burgess
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I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.