Cybersecurity incident — 2014-06-18 00:00:00
Affected organization: Government Secure Intranet
Affected country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Political-Espionage
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined

British Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude, declares that a state-sponsored hostile group was able to gain access to a system administrator account on the Government Secure Intranet.