Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2017-04-12 00:00:00
Affected organization: Melbourne IT
Affected country: Australia
Industry: Information
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Australian ISP Melbourne IT confirms that it was hit by "a large DDoS attack" that disrupted its web hosting.