Europe Continues to be a Cybercrime Hub

Ganesh The Awesome Senior Pre & Post-Sales Engineer at GlobalDots

22nd May, 2018 1 Min read

ThreatMetrix announced new data revealing a 30 percent year-on-year increase in the volume of cyberattacks hitting Europe in the first quarter of 2018.

As attacks patterns morph across the region, European digital businesses were hit with 80 million fraud attempts, as they experienced more pronounced spikes of peak attack periods throughout Q1 2018 compared to previous years.

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