Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2019-10-04 00:00:00
Affected organization: City of Jerez de la Frontera
Affected country: Spain
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service,Data Attack
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: A hacker takes over the computer system of the southern Spanish city of Jerez de la Frontera and demands a ransom paid in bitcoin to unlock it.