{
    "statement": "of UK micro businesses (1 to 9 staff) identified a cyber breach or attack in the last 12 months, against 69% of large firms",
    "value_display": "42%",
    "value_numeric": 42,
    "unit": "%",
    "data_label": "Aug to Dec 2025 fieldwork",
    "data_period_end": "2025-12-31",
    "region": "UK",
    "size": "small",
    "source": {
        "name": "Cyber Security Breaches Survey",
        "publisher": "UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)",
        "type": "official",
        "url": "https://www.gov.uk/"
    },
    "source_url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/cyber-security-breaches-survey-20252026/cyber-security-breaches-survey-20252026",
    "source_quote": "medium (65%) and large (69%) businesses were more likely to have experienced a cyber breach or attack in the last 12 months compared to micro (42%) and small (46%) businesses.",
    "verification_note": "Read on gov.uk, Cyber security breaches survey 2025/2026 statistical release. Size bands are the survey's own (micro 1-9 employees). Base 1,154 micro businesses. New stat.",
    "verified_at": "2026-10-23T00:00:00+00:00",
    "margin_of_error": null,
    "dont_know": null,
    "data_table": null,
    "revisions": [],
    "page_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/cybersecurity/uk-micro-businesses-with-breach-or-attack",
    "csv_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/cybersecurity/uk-micro-businesses-with-breach-or-attack.csv"
}