Twenty-five percent of local councils have been hacked
A recent report into the extent of cyber attacks which have penetrated local government systems has reported that 25% of local councils have been hacked. The report cited that there is 37 cyber attacks on councils per minute according to a report by privacy campaign group "Big Brother Watch" (https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Cyber-attacks-...). Much of the success of the cyber attacks is down to human error and thus poor training for staff at local counci