DDoS attack on UK universities' Janet network causes outages
The Janet network used by UK universities including the University of Cambridge was hit by a DDoS attack. The attack caused widespread outages across the network.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- University of Cambridge
- Incident type
- DDoS
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Widespread network outages at UK universities including the University of Cambridge
- Cause / method
- DDoS attack
- Location
- United Kingdom
Timeline
- It emerged that the Janet network used by UK universities including the University of Cambridge had suffered widespread outages due to a DDoS attack.
- Further reports emerged of cyber-attacks targeting UK universities.
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Impact: Ongoing operational disruption
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