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00:00How concerned are European businesses and consumers about cyber security?

00:09More than one in five European businesses is affected by cyber security incidents.

00:16Threats ranged from IT service outages to data destruction or corruption

00:22and of course the disclosure of confidential information.

00:25The most affected country in the EU is Finland.

00:30Over 40% of businesses there were hit.

00:33Poland and Malta also reported substantial incident rates,

00:38while Austria and Slovenia were the least affected.

00:41Consumers are just as concerned as business owners.

00:45Half of them think they'll inevitably fall victim

00:48and 53% worry about online safety every week.

00:53On average, 77% of people across Italy, France, Spain, Germany and the UK

01:00say they were targeted in the past year, with Spain topping the list at 81%.

01:07Shopping and retail cyber frauds are the most common,

01:10followed by cryptocurrency and investment scheme scams.

01:14Finally, AI-generated scams are now the number one concern.

01:19Only 8% of people across the five biggest European economies

01:23believe they could detect AI fraud,

01:26with the Italians being the least confident at just 6%.

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