The main threat to food and beverage businesses is around the theft of customer data, which retailers hold huge volumes of.

The retail industry is responsible for around 16% of the West Midlands economy which makes it the largest in the region.

Alison Hurst, Director of The Cyber Resilience Centre for the West Midlands took part in Cyber Threat Weekly podcast.

The WMCRC warns as another UK education establishment is hit by a cyber attack taking key systems offline.