Cyberattack in Leicester, UK disrupts housing support and streetlights
Leicester in the UK was hit by a cyberattack that disrupted housing support and streetlight operations. Homeless people missed out on housing allocations, and streetlights stayed switched on continuously. The attack was identified as a ransomware attack.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Leicester City Council
- Incident type
- Ransomware
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Disrupted housing allocations for homeless people and streetlights left on around the clock
- Cause / method
- Ransomware attack
- Location
- United Kingdom
Timeline
- The cyberattack on Leicester, UK was disclosed.
- It came to light that homeless people had missed out on housing allocations because of the cyberattack.
- A problem with Leicester's streetlights staying on continuously in the wake of the cyberattack came to light.
- The streetlight malfunction was attributed to the effects of a ransomware attack.
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