United Kingdom
GBR
Tewkesbury Borough Council cyber incident disrupts government operations and creates service backlog
Tewkesbury Borough Council detected suspicious network activity on 4 September 2024 and shut down its IT systems as part of its cyber response. The shutdown prevented access to important operational systems, including revenue and benefits services, forcing manual payment processes and staff redeployment. Online services were disrupted and a backlog of work accumulated before systems were progressively restored.
79
Estimated severity
79 / 100
88
Source reliability
88 / 100
Approximate Date
04/09/2024
Targeted Company
TEWKESBURY BOROUGH COUNCIL
Targeted Company Supply Chain Impact
Distribution & Fulfillment
Procurement & Sourcing
Production & Manufacturing
Sales (Retail & Ecommerce)
Warehousing
Service Delivery
Unrecognized Impact
Supply Chain Relations
No information
Geographic Impact
Country Targeted Company
Other Affected Countries
No other affected countries reported
Target country
United Kingdom
Affected countries
United Kingdom
Impacted regions
Gloucestershire · United Kingdom
Operational Impact
Duration
No information
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
Service unavailabilityOperational disruptionBacklog or order accumulation
Affected sectors
Government & Public Administration
Affected departments
Information TechnologyFinance
Attack Profile
Attack types
No information
Attributed threat actors
No information
Sources
Incident Sources
tewkesbury.gov.ukhttps://tewkesbury.gov.uk/relief-as-tewkesbury-borough-council-cyber-incident-sees-systems-return/local.gov.ukhttps://www.local.gov.uk/case-studies/tewkesbury-borough-council-managing-cyber-incidenttewkesbury.gov.ukhttps://tewkesbury.gov.uk/cyber-incident-faqs/general-incident-information/