Unauthorised access to Gibraltar government cloud disrupts some public services
Weeks of unauthorised access to the Microsoft 365 cloud environment used for the Government of Gibraltar’s email and document storage disrupted some public services. The government responded alongside experts supported by the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and others, and said it had contained the breach on 9 November. Investigators are examining whether emails and documents were viewed or exfiltrated.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Government of Gibraltar
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Disruption to some public services
- Cause / method
- Unauthorised access to the Microsoft 365 cloud environment
- Location
- Gibraltar
Timeline
- The Government of Gibraltar announced that it had contained the breach of its cloud environment through extensive security measures.
- An investigation by experts supported by the UK’s NCSC is ongoing, and it has not been confirmed whether emails or documents were leaked.
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