British govt agents demand action after UK mega-cyberattacks surge 50% www.theregister.com/2025/10/1…

GCHQ’s cyber arm, the National Cyber Security Centre’s (NCSC), said in its annual review published today that its incident management team handled 429 cyberattacks on organizations in the past 12 months, one fewer than the same reporting period in last year’s review.

However, the number of nationally significant attacks stood at 204, a 48 percent increase year on year, and the number of highly significant attacks stood at 18, a 50 percent increase on last year – the third marked increase in as many years.

“The best way to defend against these attacks is for organizations to make themselves as hard a target as possible. That demands urgency from every business leader: hesitation is a vulnerability, and the future of their business depends on the action they take today. The time to act is now.”