Cybersecurity incident — 2017-07-31 00:00:00
Affected organization: Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL)
Affected country: India
Industry: Information
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Internal Denial of Service
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined

The author of the BrickerBot malware claims responsibility for a cyber-attack that took place in various Indian states and causes over 60,000 modems and routers to lose Internet connectivity.