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2025 UK Cyber Attacks: Universities and Businesses Devastated

10/7/2025

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In 2025, the UK faced hacking: 90% of universities and 43% of businesses breached.
Notable incidents included a Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) breach and a nursery-chain blackmail using children's images.
Surveys show 91% universities, 85% colleges, 44% primary schools attacked; 29% report supply-chain breaches.
JLR’s breach cost about £120 million; experts cite domestic teenage hackers using Russian-linked ransomware.

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Story summary

In 2025, the UK faced hacking: 90% of universities and 43% of businesses breached.
Notable incidents included a Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) breach and a nursery-chain blackmail using children's images.
Surveys show 91% universities, 85% colleges, 44% primary schools attacked; 29% report supply-chain breaches.
JLR’s breach cost about £120 million; experts cite domestic teenage hackers using Russian-linked ransomware.