Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2017-01-26 00:00:00
Affected organization: Hong Kong securities brokers
Affected country: China
Industry: Finance and Insurance
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Hong Kong's securities regulator says that brokers in the city have suffered major DDoS cyber attacks and warns of possible further incidents across the industry.