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Malicious software attacks ‘spiralling out of control’, report warns

UK has world’s second-highest number of ‘double extortion’ ransomware attacks after US

The UK government has been urged to stop criminals from carrying out malicious software attacks with “impunity”, after research revealed that hacks using a new and aggressive form of ransomware increased 200 per cent last year.

The study by the Royal United Services Institute think-tank and cyber specialists at BAE Systems warned that ransomware use is “spiralling out of control”, with Britain suffering the second-highest number of “double extortion” attacks after the US.

All types of ransomware hack — in which cyber criminals encrypt data systems and demand a fee to unfreeze them — have boomed during the coronavirus pandemic, as remote working has eroded cyber defences.

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