UK could be held to ransom by ‘catastrophic’ cyberattacks

UK flag with cyber text.

The UK has seen a rise in ransomware attacks that rivals the peaks of 2021, and remains one of the most targeted countries globally.

The Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy (JCNSS) released a report on the threat of ransomware, warning that it “undoubtedly represents a major threat to UK national security”.