Ofcom suffered more than one thousand attempted cyber attacks in October and November, a Freedom of Information (FoI) request has revealed.

The media regulator was hit by 1,658 attempted breaches over the two months, comprising 382 SQL injection attacks, 188 malware and virus threats and 1,088 phishing emails.

However, none of the attacks were successful, as Ofcom’s defences held up.

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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.