Cybersecurity incident — 2016-01-22 00:00:00
Affected organization: Irish government websites
Affected country: Ireland
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined

A number of Irish government-related and public sector websites are knocked offline by an apparent DDoS attack.