More than a dozen councils affected.
Portsmouth City Council has said it was hit by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack last week.
Part of an apparent series of attacks by the group named NoName057, who apparently hit more than a dozen councils. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said it had provided guidance to affected councils, with a spokesperson saying: “Whilst DDoS attacks are relatively low in sophistication and impact, they can cause disruption by preventing legitimate users from accessing online services.
“Organisations are encouraged to familiarise themselves with our actionable Denial of Service guidance to support the prevention and mitigation of such attacks.”
According to Reuters, Portsmouth City Council confirmed that the cyber attack, but said no council services were affected by the attack, and user and residents’ data were not at risk.
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Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with 25 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 17 years. He has extensively covered topics from Advanced Persistent Threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.
He has spoken at events including 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Forum, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and the National Cyber Security Show, and served as editor of SC Media UK, Infosecurity Magazine and IT Security Guru. He was also an analyst with 451 Research and a product marketing lead at Tenable.
