21 million: That's how many cyber attacks Blackpool Council fought off in one year
More than 21m cyber attacks have targeted Blackpool Council’s website in just 12 months.
Shocking figures reveal a total of 21,164,974 attempts to breach IT systems were blocked.
And experts warn the threat from around the world is growing as hackers use increasingly sophisticated techniques to target public organisations to disrupt services or steal personal data.
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Hide AdBlackpool Council’s audit committee heard a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack last September disrupted council networks for half a day.