Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2017-12-28 00:00:00
Affected organization: Exmo
Affected country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Industry: Finance and Insurance
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: A UK-based Bitcoin exchange called Exmo is hit by a targeted DDoS attack. The attack happens just days after one of Exmo's leading analysts, a blockchain expert named Pavel Lerner, is kidnapped in Kiev while leaving his office.