Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-10-22 00:00:00
Affected organization: Robert Koch Institute
Affected country: Germany
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: The Robert Koch Institute for infectious disease control had its website knocked out by a DDoS attack days before it was the target of an arson attempt.