Cybercrime is now big business and
the figures involved prove the ever more important role cybersecurity will play.
The borderless nature of cybercrime
means no region is safe from attack.
The scale
of the threat
Global statistics
The amount cybercrime
cost the world in 2017
According to the ‘Economic Impact of Cybercrime – No Slowing Down’ report by McAfee and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)¹.
According to a study carried out by the Ponemon Institute on behalf of Accenture for its ‘Cost of Cybercrime’ study². This represents a 22.7% year-on-year increase.
The average company had over 130 security breaches a year, which represented a 27.4% increase.
The average annualized cost of
cybercrime for a large company in 2017
$445–$608bn
$11.7mn
The number of confidential CIA documents published in the
‘Vault 7’ leak by Wikileaks⁷.
8,671
+ Ukraine
+ Brazil
+ United Kingdom
+ North Korea
+ United States
+ Ukraine
+ Brazil
+ United Kingdom
+ North Korea
– United States
Europe and Central Asia
0.79–0.89%
Europe and central Asia is the region with the highest cybercrime loss as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP)⁸.
Middle East and North Africa
0.06-0.16%
The Middle East and North Africa is the region with the lowest cybercrime loss as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP)⁹.
1 McAfee – Economic Impact of
Cybercrime – No Slowing Down Report
2 Accenture – 2017 Cost of Cyber Crime Study
3 Reuters – Ukraine's power outage
was a cyber attack: Ukrenergo
4 Page 20 of the McAfee report
5 BBC – NHS 'could have prevented'
WannaCry ransomware attack
6 NY Times – North Korean Hackers Stole
U.S.-South Korean Military Plans, Lawmaker Says
7 The Guardian – WikiLeaks publishes
'biggest ever leak of secret CIA documents'
8 Page 7 of the McAfee report
9 Page 7 of the McAfee report
The number of people left without power in Western Ukraine after the cyberattack on its energy network
on 17-18 December 2016
225,000
– Ukraine
+ Brazil
+ United Kingdom
The percentage of cyberattacks that originate from within the country. Brazil has a developed community
of home-grown ‘black-hat’ hackers and it is even possible to openly
buy online courses in spamming
and malware implementation
54%
+ Ukraine
– Brazil
+ United Kingdom
+ North Korea
+ United States
The proportion of National Health Service (NHS) trusts* in England
that were disrupted by the WannaCry attack. The malware also resulted
in the cancellation of at least 6,900 doctor’s appointments
*An NHS trust is an organization within the English NHS that serves either a geographical area or a specialized function.
1/3
+ Ukraine
+ Brazil
– United Kingdom
+ North Korea
+ United States
235 Gb
+ Ukraine
+ Brazil
+ United Kingdom
– North Korea
+ United States
The amount of US and South Korean military data allegedly stolen by North Korean hackers after a breach in 2016
6
.
5
.
4
.
3
.
+ North Korea
+ United States