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Global cybersecurity attack attempts up 104% in 2023, report reveals

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Two reports reveal worrying trend in cyberattacks.

Cybersecurity attack attempts across the world increased 104% last year, the report The Anatomy of Cybersecurity: A Dissection of 2023’s Attack Landscape shows. Utilities (over 200%) and manufacturing (165%) were two of the industries at most risk with the largest increases.

The report, which comes from the asset intelligence cybersecurity company Armis, warned