Jersey cyber boss warns over tech vulnerabilities

Palmer said the field was not easily understood or considered by people. "It's like it doesn't really exist until it happens to you... this is happening now, all the time, every single day and therefore any system that is connected to the internet, it is only a matter of time until someone finds a way to compromise it if it's vulnerable," he said.

"Which is why it's incredibly important that we patch devices quickly and we only connect devices to the internet if we really need to do so." He explained his team had three computers around the world that serve as "honey pots" with the aim of appearing vulnerable to attack from hackers.

"Some of those vulnerabilities won't be in a honey pot... they will be in the real systems that we depend on every day, for our lives, for our work, for our families," he said. "You will see these sudden bursts of attack, that does happen all the time, it can be quiet, it can be busy but it's a constant pulse of activity by people around the internet scanning the systems to see if they are vulnerable."