UK: Distribution of costs of cyber crime for companies 2012-2015

This statistic gives information on the share of annualized costs of cyber crime for companies in the United Kingdom (UK) from financial year 2012 to financial year 2015, by attack type. In 2014, 11 percent of annualized costs caused by cyber crime were due to malicious code.

Distribution of annualized costs of cyber crime for companies in the United Kingdom (UK) from financial year 2012 to financial year 2015, by attack type

Characteristic	Denial of services	Web-based attacks	Stolen devices	Malicious code	Phishing & social engineering	Malicious insiders	Malware	Viruses, Worms, Trojans	Botnets
FY 2012	26%	16%	12%	12%	6%	10%	5%	9%	5%
FY 2013	24%	15%	13%	11%	5%	11%	6%	10%	5%
FY 2014	25%	15%	15%	11%	5%	10%	6%	8%	6%
FY 2015	24%	16%	13%	12%	9%	9%	7%	6%	4%

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Release date

October 2015

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

from FY 2012 to FY 2015

Number of respondents

39*

Special properties

UK companies.

Supplementary notes

*For the financial year 2015. Overall sample size is 151 UK organizations.
The source does not provide any information regarding percentage points exceeding 100 percent.
Percentage points exceeding 100 percent are probably due to rounding.

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