Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2016-05-13 00:00:00
Affected organization: Bank of England
Affected country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Industry: Finance and Insurance
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Internal Denial of Service
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Anonymous
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: In name of OpIcarus, the Anonymous claim to have taken down the internal email server of the Bank of England.