Nearly half of UK businesses pwned last year as phishing keeps doing the job like it's 2005
Nearly half of UK businesses and nearly a third of charities experienced a cyber incident in the past year, with phishing remaining the dominant attack method. The UK government's Cyber Security Breaches Survey shows little change in breach rates compared to previous years, highlighting persistent vulnerabilities. While more organizations are adopting cybersecurity policies and response plans, human error through phishing continues to be a major challenge.
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Cyber-crime Nearly half of UK businesses pwned last year as phishing keeps doing the job like it's 2005 Turns out the real problem is not AI but staff still clicking on dodgy emails from 'IT support' Carly Page Thu 30 Apr 2026 // 11:35 UTC Nearly half of UK businesses are still getting breached, and in many cases, the attacker's big breakthrough is an employee clicking "sure, why not" on a fake login page. The UK government's latest Cyber Security Breaches Survey, released on Thursday, puts the hit rate at 43 percent of businesses and 28 percent of charities reporting a cyber incident in the past year, equating to approximately 612,000 UK businesses and 57,000 UK charities, numbers that have barely budged since the last time it asked.
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