33% of UK consumers have no trust at all in generative AI, while 50% report that it makes them anxious in 2025.

Malware and ransomware accounted for 51% of all cyber insurance claims in 2024, up from 32% in 2023.

In 2024, £197 million was paid out to UK businesses to help them recover from cyber incidents.

There was a 230% year-on-year increase in the amount paid out to support UK businesses with cyber-attacks in 2024, amounting to £138 million more than in 2023.

In 2024, there was a 17% increase in the number of cyber insurance policies taken out by UK businesses compared to the previous year.

34% of UK employees reported that they have downloaded apps without IT approval

31% of UK employees reported that they have downloaded apps without IT approval

27% of UK security & IT professionals reported that their company is actively encouraging employees to shift logins to passkeys

In 2025, the United Kingdom experienced 76 ransomware incidents, accounting for 1.6% of all attacks.

Among this year's nationally significant incidents in the UK, 4% (18) were categorised as highly significant in nature.

There were 63 nationally (UK) significant incidents reported between September 2021 and August 2022, 1 of which were categorised as highly significant in nature.

Nationally (UK) significant incidents represented 48% (204) of all incidents between September 2024 and August 2025, a significant increase from last year (89).

There were 62 nationally (UK) significant incidents reported between September 2022 and August 2023, 4 of which were categorised as highly significant in nature.

3.81% of global ransomware victims (organizations and individuals) in Q3 2025 were from the United Kingdom.

42% of UK CFOs surveyed identified fraud detection and prevention as an area of their finance operations they would most like to improve through automation.

99% of UK finance leaders surveyed have experienced payments-related cyber incidents in the past two years.

UK fraud leaders reported losing the equivalent of 7.4% of revenue to fraud, totaling £88 billion, which is an increase from 5.7% in 2024.

Nearly all (94%) UK finance leaders surveyed plan to increase cyber investment over the next year.

The suspected digital fraud rate in the UK dropped to 1.8% in H1 2025, down from 3.3% in H1 2023.

37% of UK CFOs surveyed cite cybersecurity and data privacy concerns as a significant barrier to automation