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In late November, Uber acknowledged that they had covered up a global cyber breach where personal information of 57million drivers and customers was exposed in October 2016. At the same time, Uber confirmed that it had paid the hackers involved $100,000 to delete the data and stay quiet in an effort to prevent the scandal being made public.

While January can be a pretty depressing month, with Christmas and New Year celebrations over and the weather still cold and wet, it is also a great time to reflect on the year that has just gone and see what you can improve on in 2018.

In May this year, the WannaCry ransomware dominated global headlines bringing the reality of cyber-crime to the attention of Boardrooms on an unprecedented scale.  With extensive data, including the Crime Survey for England and Wales, showing an upward trend in cyber-crime, it is highly unlikely that WannaCry will be the last cyber-crime headlines we’ll see.