Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-12-24 00:00:00
Affected organization: Scottish Environment Protection Agency
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,Internal Denial of Service
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: WIZARD SPIDER
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Russian Federation
Description: The Scottish Environment Protection Agency is targeted in a cyberattack which has impacted its contact center, internal systems, processes and internal communications. The incident is revealed to be a ransomware attack by the Conti gang.