Thirty per cent of UK councils fell victim to ransomware attacks in 2015, according to a recent Freedom of Information request.

The request, made by security firm Avecto, found that companies were targeted by attacks in which some or all of the victim’s data is encrypted before the perpetrator demands payment in return for decrypting it.

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Matthew Burgess
http://www.mattburgess.co
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.