Is business e-crime a hidden problem?
Is the scale of e-crime against business being under-reported? If you run a small business affected by e-crime we'd like to hear from you.
covering e-crime and businesses in the UK arguably deserves more media attention. The survey of 3,900 businesses found that 19 percent of businesses had suffered data loss because of a virus and 8 percent reported having laptops stolen.
Part of the problem is that businesses which do suffer from Cybercrime and cyber-attack are often reluctant to come forward. That was certainly the view of Steve Santorelli, former Met police officer and member of the security group Team Cymru. In his view this makes judging the scale of the problem and policing it effectively difficult (you can hear more of what he has to say below)
An honourable exception to this are the Royal Institute of British Architects. They were targeted by a . They worried it may have compromised member records, and went public, alerting their 40,000 members.
In the interview below we hear from RIBA about what happened, and from Steve Santorelli. We'd like you to share what you know too. Is this an issue you've encountered? Drop us a line.
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