PwC: 96% of Polish companies affected by cyber attacks

According to a report compiled by PwC consultancy, 96 percent of medium and big Polish companies had recorded over 50 incidents concerning cyber security. In 64 percent of them the number of such incidents exceeded 500. Despite such stats, only 41 percent of industrial companies are afraid that potential hacking incident might disrupt its infrastructure and cause significant financial losses. Furthermore, 55 percent of respondents did not know the effects of cyber security breaches in their companies. The most common form of online security threat, involved phishing (39 percent), unauthorized use of IT systems (35 percent) and use of external data storage device (23 percent). According to PwC, 48 percent of medium and big companies spend over PLN 1 million per annum on cyber security.