Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2016-01-29 00:00:00
Affected organization: HSBC
Affected country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Industry: Finance and Insurance
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: HSBC is hit by an apparent DDoS attack on its online banking system.