The recent story about a Malta-based millionaire losing €1 million follows on from a Times Talk episode which uncovered just how sophisticated online scams have become. The reality is far more likely to be a well-lit room of highly-trained professionals working to find ways to get money from their targets. Many of these attacks are aimed at companies – which result in millions of lost revenue as well as massive disruption to infrastructure. And this is not because companies are lax: keeping data safe is one of the greatest headaches for any executive. Cybercriminals are out to find the smallest of vulnerabilities, which almost all of us have at one time or another.