Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2014-06-18 00:00:00
Affected organization: ancestry.com
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Retail Trade
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: The genealogy site ancestry.com has been blasted off the internet after reportedly being hit by a DDoS attack.