The number of suspicious emails reported has risen by 50 percent last year

The number of suspicious emails reported to an Island security centre has risen by 50 per cent. 

The Cyber Security Centre for the Isle of Man has released its annual Island Threat Report which shows 9,372 scam emails were reported last year. 

It's a 50.72 percent increase on 2023 when 6218 were reported. 

Malicious links were the biggest threat with just under 8000 of the emails reported containing them.