'No longer the stuff of spy thrillers and action movies, cyber-attacks are a reality and they are happening now,' says Cabinet Office Minister https://media.go2speed.org/brand/files/bountycpa/38/whoz3.jpg Hackers have targeted 50,000 people a day in the UK as part of a major tax refund scam. Posing as government officials, the emails duped victims into sharing their personal details by telling them they could reclaim money. The enterprise, which had been mimicking the government's "@gov.uk" domain name, took six weeks to shut down.