HMRC has reported 367,520 reports of phishing email attacks during 2020.

According to a Freedom of Information (FOI) act from accountancy firm Lanop Outsourcing, the data shows a sharp rise in incidents after the UK went into its first lockdown in March.

HMRC faced an average of 26,100 phishing attacks in January and February 2020, before soaring to an average of 45,046 attacks per month from March to September - a 73 percent increase.

As well as phishing attacks, HMRC also reported 199,621 cases of phone scams, and a further 58,921 reports of text message scams.

Mohammad Sohaib, director at Lanop Ou...