Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2016-12-01 00:00:00
Affected organization: TalkTalk
Affected country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Industry: Information
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Thousands of TalkTalk and Post Office customers have had their internet access cut by an attack targeting certain types of internet routers.