---
title: "Pioneering Programme Defends UK From Millions of Cyber Attacks"
url: "https://thecybersecurityplace.com/pioneering-programme-defends-uk-from-millions-of-cyber-attacks/"
date: "2018-02-06T01:10:36+00:00"
section: "Industry Insights"
tags:
  - "Cyber Attacks"
  - "Cyber Crime"
  - "Cyber Criminals"
  - "Cyber Defence"
  - "Cyber Security Strategy"
  - "Email Phishing"
  - "Malware"
  - "Phishing Attack"
  - "Threat Intelligence"
source: "itsecurityguru.org"
source_url: "http://www.itsecurityguru.org/2018/02/05/pioneering-programme-defends-uk-millions-cyber-attacks/"
---

# Pioneering Programme Defends UK From Millions of Cyber Attacks

February 6, 2018 · Reported by itsecurityguru.org

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> WORLD leading initiatives by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) have detected and prevented millions of online commodity attacks against the UK, figures published today (February 5) have shown.The results of the UK government’s new bold approach to tackling cyber crime are detailed in ‘Active Cyber Defence – One Year On’

[Read the full article at itsecurityguru.org](http://www.itsecurityguru.org/2018/02/05/pioneering-programme-defends-uk-millions-cyber-attacks/)

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