Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2014-01-21 00:00:00
Affected organization: ThrustVPS
Affected country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Industry: Information
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Virtual private server firm ThrustVPS is the victim of a DDOS and Spear-Phishing attack and, as a precaution, asks to its customers to change passwords.