Bank of Korea website hit by DDoS attack on New Year's Day
The Bank of Korea website came under a DDoS attack on 1 January 2024. It was the first DDoS attack on the Bank of Korea website in four years.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Bank of Korea
- Incident type
- DDoS
- Occurred / detected
- 2024-01-01
- Scale of damage
- Not confirmed
- Cause / method
- DDoS attack
- Location
- South Korea
Timeline
- The Bank of Korea website came under a DDoS attack.
- It was reported that the DDoS attack on the Bank of Korea website was the first in four years.
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