Gaming industry the most targeted by cybercriminals, research claims

A man holds an Xbox 360 controller at a preview event for Star Trek: the Video Game, at the Science Museum, in central Lodnon.

The gaming industry is under near-constant attack from cybercriminals, with gamers also regularly targeted, research suggests.

Research from cybersecurity firm Akamai said there had been ten billion attacks on the games sector between July 2018 and June 2020.