Cyber crime is up 20% since 2014 and is the fastest growing economic crime. 55% of organisations in the UK were affected by cyber crime, up 11% from 2014. 60% of economic crime in UK was committed by external perpetrators, up from 56% in 2014. The fast take up of cloud-based storage and the growing prevalence of the internet of things (IoT) are some of the reasons for this years steep increases in cybercrime in UK, the report said.”]