"Richard Horne, CEO of the NCSC, said that nationally significant incidents accounted for half of all incidents reported to the centre's incident management team. "On average, the NCSC has dealt with four nationally significant incidents a week," he said. "That is a 50% increase on the previous year and a marked increase for the third consecutive year." As many as 18 incidents were classed as "highly significant" attacks that could"
"Horne said that despite the headline attack figures, far more cyber attacks fail than succeed because organisations have built strong cyber defences. "We are also seeing more organisations able to continue in the fact of an attack that does break through because they were prepared," he said. However, Horne added that hackers were improving their ability to cause real impact and inflict pain on the organisations they have breached. "They don't care who they hit or how they hurt them," he said."
Nationally significant cyber incidents in the UK exceeded 200 over the past 12 months, more than double the previous year. These incidents accounted for half of all reports to the NCSC incident management team, averaging four nationally significant incidents weekly, a 50% increase. Eighteen incidents were classed as highly significant with potential to seriously impact government, essential services, populations or the economy. Many attacks fail because organisations have strengthened cyber defences, and preparedness has enabled continued operation when breaches occur. Ransomware remains pervasive, disrupting major firms, while a small number of attackers exploit vulnerabilities at scale, with three SharePoint and other product flaws causing 29 managed incidents.
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