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BT spots 2,000 potential attacks on its network a second

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Britain 's BT said it was spotting 2,000 signals of potential cyber-attacks across its network every second .

Criminals are increasingly using disposable "bots" to try to evade existing blocking and security measures.

Hackers were targeting retail, education and hospitality industries as well as defence and financial services sectors.

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