Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2016-08-04 00:00:00
Affected organization: An Garda (Irish Police)
Affected country: Ireland
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Police in Ireland launch a probe after a hacker attempted to break into their computer network, forcing officials to temporarily shut down several of their systems to ensure the security of data held on staff and the public.