More than half of large Irish companies suffered attempted cyberattack in the past year

The vast majority of the large Irish companies surveyed said they had to increase their spending on cybersecurity over the past year. File Picture: iStock

More than half (58%) of large Irish companies were the victim of an attempted external cyberattack over the past year.

That’s according to 'The state of cybersecurity resilience 2021' report from Accenture Security, which also found almost nine in every 10 companies (86%) believe the financial cost of staying ahead of cybercriminals is now “unsustainable” – an increase of 65% in the proportion who said the same one year previously.