Suspicious emails or websites are being flagged every five seconds

A fish hook is lying across a computer keyboard, representing a phishing attack on a computer system

Members of the public report a suspicious email or website every five seconds, new figures from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), part of the British GCHQ claim.

The findings revealed a record-breaking 7.1 million reports in 2022, which equates to one every five seconds on average. The reality is that the majority of cases will have come from daytime hours, making the rate at which suspicious emails and sites were reported even more concentrated.