They’ve got your number…

It’s Britain’s fastest-growing offence. Right now, someone could be hacking into your files to steal your identity or squander thousands on your credit card. Bad enough for a private individual, but big businesses can lose millions, along with sensitive data. And what’s worse, with their corporate reputations to protect, no one is in a hurry to tell the world about it. So how can cybercrime be tackled? When Stephanie Pountney