Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-10-13 00:00:00
Affected organization: Hackney Council
Affected country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Mixed
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server,External Denial of Service,Data Attack
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Mespinoza
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: London's Hackney Council has reported it has been the target of a serious cyber-attackÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆÃ¢â¬Â 'ÃÆÃ'ÃÂ¢Ã¢'Â¬ÃÂ 'ÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆÃÂ¢ÃÂ¢'ÃÂ¬Ã'ÃÂ 'ÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆÃ¢â¬Â '''ÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆÃ¢â¬Â 'ÃÆÃ'ÃÂ¢Ã¢'Â¬ÃÂ ''ÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆÃ¢â¬Â ''ÃÆÃ'Ãâ ''ÃÆÃ''ÃÆ'Ã'ÃÂ which is affecting many of its services and IT systems. Data was stolen from the Council and published by the Pysa ransomware gang in January.