Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2014-06-23 00:00:00
Affected organization: popvote.hk
Affected country: China
Industry: Other Services (except Public Administration)
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: One of the largest and most sophisticated DDoS attacks (300 Gbps peak) hits popvote.hk, an online democracy poll canvassing opinion on future Hong Kong elections.