Cybersecurity incident — 2016-09-22 00:00:00
Affected organization: Ethereum
Affected country: Undetermined
Industry: Finance and Insurance
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined

Ethereum, a public blockchain-based decentralised computing platform for the cryptocurrency Ether is targeted by a DDoS attack on its network, causing all mining activities to slow down.