Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2018-03-16 00:00:00
Affected organization: UK National Lottery
Affected country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Industry: Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: The UK National Lottery advises all 10.5 million people with online accounts to change their passwords following an attempt by hackers to access accounts using credential stuffing.