Cyber attacks affecting Lincolnshire County Council - Find a freedom of information request

Cyber-attacks affecting Lincolnshire County Council. Where possible please provide data broken down by calendar year or failing that, by relevant 12-month period (e.g. 2021/2022 2022/2023 etc.) for which data is available.

1. How many times has your organisation experienced an attempted cyber-attack in the last two financial years?

2. Have you ever reported any cyber-related incidents to the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and if so, how many in the last two financial years?

3. Thinking about cyber-attacks where the criminal was able to obtain data or disable systems, how much have these cost the organisation?

4. How much of the organisation's total annual budget is spent on cyber support, protection and computer systems?

5. How many people are employed by the organisation to oversee cyber support and programmes?

Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) does not hold information on every attempted cyber-attack. However, the following information is held.

• 2021/2022 - Malicious email prevented 83,648 consisting of malware 4,686 and phishing 78,692.

• 2022/2023 - Malicious email prevented 66,753 consisting of malware 2,850 and phishing 63,903.

 LCC’s total annual budget is £604million.

Spend on cyber protection systems - £57,698.

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