Sefton Council is fending off more then 30,000 cyber attacks a month as the risk of a security breach soars.
The council has seen 50% more cyber attacks every month a figure in line with a global increase in incidents, according to a new report. While most of the incidents are through phishing scams, there are also 200- 400 “brute force attacks” on the council’s network every month.
The figures were revealed in a report produced ahead of a meeting of Sefton’s audit and governance committee on Wednesday, March 13. While the council has been able to fend off all of the attacks launched at it, new tools have also been put in place to protect the network from future attacks.
