Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2014-02-13 00:00:00
Affected organization: UK Ministry of Justice
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: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: The United Kingdom's Ministry of Justice website, justice.gov.uk, is disrupted by a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack. The Ministry of Justice was targeted for not condemning the NSA's surveillance operations.