Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2021-01-29 00:00:00
Affected organization: UK Research and Innovation
Affected country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service,Data Attack
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: The UK Research and Innovation has sustained a cyber attack that has adversely affected several of its web assets and has resulted in data being encrypted by a third party.