Impact of a cyber attack

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has had to write off about £2m of fees because of the hack they suffered in 2020 in which they lost a substantial amount of data. But the true cost of the cyber security incident remains unknown.

Full cost of 2020 cyber attack on Sepa still not known – BBC News

This cyber attack is thought to have originated from a member of staff opening a phishing email.

Training is your best defence against the same type of cyber attack succeeding in your organisation – if you would like to know how Smart Thinking delivers such training across a wide range of methods then please get in touch.

Clive Catton MSc (Cyber Security) – by-line and other articles

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