Cyber attacks on UK businesses increased by a fifth in 2020. UK businesses were attacked online 686,961 times last year once every 46 seconds. The volume of attacks surged as the UK went into lockdown for the first time. One in ten cyber attacks received by UK companies in 2020 sought to gain control of devices connected to the Internet of Things. The greatest threat to UK businesses online appeared to come from China in 2020, with 189,695 unique IP addresses in the country as the source of attacks throughout the year.”]
Source: https://www.beaming.co.uk/cyber-reports/2020-cyber-threat-analysis/