United Kingdom — Cyber Threat Profile
The UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC, part of GCHQ) leads national cyber defense, safeguarding government networks, critical infrastructure, and businesses. The 2022 National Cyber Strategy aligns with EU/NATO standards and mandates incident reporting. NCSC's 2025 Annual Review emphasizes that ransomware is the top cyber threat to the UK, along with nation-state actors. As noted by NCSC, the greatest external cyber threats originate from China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. The UK emphasizes public–private partnerships (through ISACs and fusion centers), cyber workforce development, and boardroom accountability. Strong Five Eyes ties and EU collaboration underpin its threat intelligence sharing and resilience planning.- National CERT/CSIRT: National Cyber Security Centre (UK)
- Data protection authority: Information Commissioner's Office (source: CNIL)
- World Cybercrime Index 2024 (origin significance): 9.01 / 100, #8 worldwide
- Secure Internet servers per 1M people (2024): 68,394.9 (source: World Bank)
- Internet users (2024): 95.5% of population (source: World Bank)
Latest United Kingdom coverage
- Stolen UpdraftCentral keys used to plant WordPress malware 2026-10-19 · Cyber Incidents
- Hackers hijack ASOS app alerts after stealing customer data 2026-10-11 · Cyber Incidents
- Revolut customers phished two days after breach news 2026-09-17 · Cyber Incidents
- Fake data requests pried passports out of Revolut 2026-09-14 · Cyber Incidents
- NCSC warns unapproved AI tools are a blind spot 2026-09-07 · AI Security
- UK warns hackers are disrupting exposed control systems 2026-08-27 · Cyber Incidents
- UK jails The Com member who blackmailed 117 girls 2026-08-14 · Cyber Incidents
- AI agents in separate tests coordinated over GitHub 2026-08-13 · AI Security
- AI agent spent 34 hours trying to backdoor real code 2026-08-07 · AI Security
- UK cyber agency warns on AI models acting on their own 2026-08-04 · AI Security
Threat actors targeting United Kingdom
- APT28 APT
- NoName057(16) Hacktivist
- Sandworm Team APT
- Scattered Spider Ransomware
- Star Blizzard APT
- ZIRCONIUM APT
- Qilin Ransomware · 111 incident(s)
- DragonForce Ransomware · 44 incident(s)
- Akira Ransomware · 40 incident(s)
- INC Ransom Ransomware · 39 incident(s)
- LockBit Ransomware · 38 incident(s)
- SafePay Ransomware · 33 incident(s)
- RansomHub Ransomware · 31 incident(s)
- The Gentlemen Ransomware · 30 incident(s)
- Cl0p Ransomware · 29 incident(s)
- Medusa Ransomware Ransomware · 27 incident(s)
- Lynx Ransomware Ransomware · 26 incident(s)
- Black Basta Ransomware · 19 incident(s)
- Play Ransomware Ransomware · 17 incident(s)
- Hunters International Ransomware · 14 incident(s)
- KillSec Ransomware · 11 incident(s)
- Cactus Ransomware · 10 incident(s)
- BlackSuit Ransomware · 9 incident(s)
- NightSpire Ransomware · 9 incident(s)
- Brain Cipher Ransomware · 8 incident(s)
- Meow Ransomware · 8 incident(s)
- Rhysida Ransomware · 8 incident(s)
- Coinbase Cartel Ransomware · 7 incident(s)
- APT73 Ransomware · 6 incident(s)
- Chaos Ransomware · 6 incident(s)
- Dire Wolf Ransomware · 6 incident(s)
- RansomHouse Ransomware · 6 incident(s)
- Sarcoma Ransomware · 6 incident(s)
- Anubis Ransomware · 5 incident(s)
- BianLian Ransomware · 5 incident(s)
- Settra Ransomware · 5 incident(s)
- Stormous Hacktivist · 5 incident(s)
- 8Base Ransomware · 4 incident(s)
- CMD Ransomware · 4 incident(s)
- FulcrumSec Ransomware · 4 incident(s)
Most targeted sectors
- Business & Professional Services 156 incident(s)
- Manufacturing 100 incident(s)
- Technology 81 incident(s)
- Construction 48 incident(s)
- Financial Services 45 incident(s)
- Healthcare 40 incident(s)
- Education & Research 30 incident(s)
- Government & Public Sector 29 incident(s)
- Hospitality & Tourism 29 incident(s)
- Transportation & Logistics 29 incident(s)
- Retail & Consumer 24 incident(s)
- Agriculture & Food 23 incident(s)
Recent claimed incidents
- ADL Lift Services Limited 2026-10-23 · Manufacturing
- PWC 2026-10-22 · Professional Services
- Allmand-Smith Limited 2026-10-21 · Manufacturing
- novagroupgbc.com 2026-10-21 · Other
- Aveva 2026-10-20 · Manufacturing
- Johnson & Pace 2026-10-19
- Robert Hitchins Limited 2026-10-17 · Agriculture and Food Production
- Martin LLP 2026-10-16 · Professional Services
- JJS Justice 2026-10-16 · Government & Defense
- camden-living 2026-10-15 · Hospitality
- Videk 2026-10-15 · Technology
- Kemlows Diecasting Products Limited 2026-10-15 · Manufacturing
- Saddlers Court MFG 2026-10-13 · Manufacturing
- Excess Baggage 2026-10-13 · Transportation
- KP Industries 2026-10-12