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UK Cybercrime Report

Why have bots boomed in UK lockdown?

2020 was a year of unprecedented societal disruption, with COVID-19 lockdowns having a profound effect on the way consumers access goods and services.

In the UK, online transactions grew 16% year-on-year, as consumers in lockdown increasingly turned to digital channels for everything from banking to grocery shopping. Meanwhile, businesses applied online in their thousands for the Government’s COVID relief packages.

Along with lockdown came an inevitable increase in the risk of fraud, as opportunistic criminals took advantage of the crisis to target the unsuspecting and vulnerable. Charting the risks, trends and opportunities in the cybercrime landscape reported in the second half of 2020, the unique findings in the UK Cybercrime Report include:

• Why have bots boomed in UK lockdown?
• Mobile Risk and Reward: UK leads Europe in mobile transacting, but are fraudsters following suit?
• The UK’s role in global cybercrime – what does it mean for your business?

View the UK Cybercrime Report today, and learn how to navigate the evolving cybercrime landscape with LexisNexis Risk Solutions.