Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2019-06-12 00:00:00
Affected organization: Telegram
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Information
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service
Motive: Sabotage
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Telegram is hit by a DDoS attack. The attack seems to be originating from China and seems to be related to the protests in Hong Kong against a controversial extradition bill.