The true cost of cyber attacks on UK business is greater than it seems

Mr MacColl believes that in the UK, there is probably enough spare capacity in the grid to deal with a cyber incident. More concerningly, Mr MacColl thinks the UK has had "quite a laissez-faire approach to cyber security over the past 15 years", with the issue given little priority by successive governments. He believes that this year's major attacks may be the "cumulative effect of a kind of inaction on cyber security, both from the government and from businesses, and it's sort of really starting to bite now".