Today we are operating in a digitised world, both in our work and personal spheres, which provides an ideal environment for “cybercriminals” to profit from their illegal activities online.
To put this in context, according to the National Institute of Cybersecurity (INCIBE), via the INCIBE-CERT (Security Incident Response Centre), over the course of 2020 133,155 cybersecurity incidents were managed, of which 106,466 were directed at citizens and companies, 1,190 at strategic operators, with the risks that this entails, and 25,499 at the Spanish Academic and Research Network (Source: www.incibe.es published on 23/03/2021). And this does not take into account the cyberattacks that were not reported to the INCIBE.
To give a more recent example, at the start of 2021, a year marked by the Coronavirus pandemic, the public administration suffered attacks aimed at paralysing the provision of such critical services as the SEPE (State Public Employment Service) making it impossible for citizens to access their benefits or job offers.