Research conducted by Norton has found that hackers stole £4.6 billion from Britons in 2017, with more than 17 million people affected across the country. But even in the wake of widespread attacks, victims are expressing overconfidence and indifference to cybersecurity threats.

State-sponsored hacks and major corporate breaches have pushed online security into the spotlight. In response, Google has unveiled Advanced Protection, enabling high-risk users to safeguard their accounts against targeted attacks. But can it get the average person to take cyber-security seriously?

In the 97th episode of podcast Reply All, producer Phia Bennin sought to find out what kind of person gets phished, setting a hacker on her tech-savvy coworkers to see which of them would fall a scam. While it highlighted the risks everyone faces online, do people care enough to act on cyber security?

From May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation will mean that if companies want to retain info from people in the UK and EU on their databases, they’ll need to persuade them to opt in. So, how can brands convince those who are protective of their privacy to tick the ‘sign me up’ box?