US EditionNatWest faces 100 million cyber attacks every month, MSPs told
- NatWest's cybersecurity team reported to MSPs that their systems are targeted by roughly 100 million intrusion attempts each month as criminals try to bypass the bank’s defenses.
- The sharp increase in attacks followed the pandemic, leading NatWest to block roughly a third of incoming emails believed to start attacks on staff.
- NatWest’s cybersecurity team now has hundreds of staff and a multimillion-pound budget, while fraudsters increasingly use AI to make scams more convincing.
- Chris Ulliott described the group Scattered Spider as a likely loose international organization of mostly young people sharing ideas online, possibly behind recent high-profile cyber attacks.
- The rising cyber threat has significant implications, with experts warning about the financial and personal toll on victims, especially the elderly, and global law enforcement cooperation ongoing.
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NatWest facing 100 million cyber attacks each month as experts reveal ‘staggering’ scale of digital crime
NatWest faces 100 million cyber attacks attempting to breach its defences every month, MSPs have been told, as experts set out the “staggering" scale of digital crime.
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NatWest faces 100 million cyber attacks every month, MSPs told
Experts set out the ‘staggering’ scale of digital crime to Holyrood’s Criminal Justice Committee on Wednesday.
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NatWest faces 100 million cyber attacks attempting to breach its defences every month, MSPs have been told, as experts set out the “staggering” scale of digital crime. The bank also blocks around a third of emails coming into its system, Holyrood’s Criminal Justice Committee heard. Police and cyber crime agencies are increasingly dealing with fraudsters […] Thank you for subscribing to our RSS feed! The post NatWest faces 100 million cyber attac…
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