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Manchester firms are less likely than those in the rest of the UK to have a cyber incident response plan in place

A Manchester businessman has detailed how hackers broke into his Twitter account and took complete control.

The range of attacks against small businesses can vary widely, from business email compromise to denial of service and ransomware attacks. "That’s why the NCSC has created the Cyber Action Plan and Check Your Cyber Security to help them boost their online defences in a matter of minutes. "With my cake and coffee brand, Loaf Mcr, I am an active a part of Manchester’s thriving small business community. The business grew during lockdown from making cakes to raise money for the NHS to supplying his bakes to Selfridges and 13 different cafes cross Manchester.

"You'd often see Instagram stories where you’d know the account had been compromised, or big social media accounts would share stories of businesses who’d been attacked, explaining they'd lost accounts and followers. That had a big impact.

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