Nearly 560 cyber-attacks on Herts County council every day

Hertfordshire County Council was the target of more than 50,000 cyber attacks were made on the county council between April and June - but all were successfully repelled.

By The Newsroom

Published 26th Sep 2019, 12:45 BST

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Ben Fishwick

Hi Alan, looking at Oli's peice (pic attached)

I think Oli's piece would take out a lead though? Otherwise would be hard but not impossible to fit in the spread...

Emma pic is for the spread, in addition to Hayley Barnett

This folder has cyber crime photos: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B9ZpTRwsCBhKYU9MVEtjaUcxR28?usp=sharing PPP-170724-095755001 — Security concept: computer keyboard with word Cyber Crime, selected focus on enter button background, 3d render cyber crime Ben Fishwick Hi Alan, looking at Oli's peice (pic attached) I think Oli's piece would take out a lead though? Otherwise would be hard but not impossible to fit in the spread... Emma pic is for the spread, in addition to Hayley Barnett This folder has cyber crime photos: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B9ZpTRwsCBhKYU9MVEtjaUcxR28?usp=sharing PPP-170724-095755001

The attacks - at a rate of almost 560 a day - included attacks on servers, remote attacks and malware and phishing attempts.

And they were reported to a meeting of the county council’s resources and performance cabinet panel on Friday (September 20).

The data showed there had been 50,911 attacks on county council systems during the three-month period.

Hertfordshire County Council