Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2014-02-12 00:00:00
Affected organization: UK Government Communications Headquarters
Affected country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service
Motive: Protest
Actor: Anonymous
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Even the website of the Government Communications Headquarters (gchq.gov.uk) is disrupted by a DDoS attack.