Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2017-02-27 00:00:00
Affected organization: Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA)
Affected country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Industry: Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: The UK's largest travel trade organisation, the Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) experiences a cyberattack on its website that puts 43,000 holidaymakers and travel agents at risk of identity theft.