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“Often, our information ends up on the ‘dark web” — a collection of around 30,000 websites that are publicly visible but whose IP addresses are kept hidden — meaning the people behind them remain anonymous and cannot be found through search engines such as Google.

Similar to the support offered by the charity Victim Support in the aftermath of physical types of crime, DynaRisk, a cyber security protection service, is now available for victims of cyberattacks and fraud and for those wanting to decrease their online vulnerability. The company says that the partnership for the first time addresses the fact that 90% of UK citizens have at least one or more internet security issues that they need to fix.

The old saying goes “in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes”, but it can be argued that data breaches should be added to that list.

Thanks for choosing Vodafone, began a cheery letter among the pile of mail awaiting my return from holiday last week.