British Council Blocked Over 10 Million Malicious Emails in 2019

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British Council Blocked Over 10 Million Malicious Emails in 2019
January 31, 2020
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/british-council-10-million-emails

The British Council, which promotes wider knowledge of the UK and English language in over 100 countries worldwide, was hit by over 10 million malicious email attacks in 2019, according to official figures.

The data was obtained by Nimbus Hosting under the Freedom of Information Act and showed that the British Council blocked a total of 10,336,631 emails last year. Of those, 190,155 emails were intercepted or blocked because of suspected malware such as worms, Trojan horses and ransomware.Furthermore, the organization also blocked 14,317 suspected phishing emails, whilst a further 10,132,159 emails were intercepted and logged as spam, many of which would have had the potential to contain viruses.

Tim Dunton, MD, Nimbus Hosting, said: “[...] All it takes is for one hoax email to fall through an email systems’ imperfect filtration system before an organization must face the consequences of a severe breach of customer information.”
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