Four out of five SMEs targets of cybercrime, ISME warns

One fifth of businesses do not change their online passwords regularly despite the fact that more than four out of five have been the targets of online crime.

An annual survey on crime from the Irish Small and Medium Enterprise Association found almost unanimous support for a cybersecurity agency to be set up.

The survey of almost 900 SMEs found that almost a third of businesses have been the victim of computer-related crime in the past 12 months, excluding common phishing and spam emails.