Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2018-09-12 00:00:00
Affected organization: Edinburgh University (ed.ac.uk)
Affected country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Industry: Educational Services
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: The website of Edinburgh University is down after the institution suffered a major DDoS attack.