Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-09-07 00:00:00
Affected organization: K-Electric
Affected country: Pakistan
Industry: Utilities
Event type: Mixed
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server,External Denial of Service,Data Attack
Motive: Financial
Actor: NetWalker
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: K-Electric, Pakistan's largest power supplier, has suffered a Netwalker ransomware attack that led to the disruption of billing and online services.