United Kingdom
GBR
DDoS attack disrupted University of Manchester remote IT access
On 19 February 2024, a distributed denial-of-service campaign affecting UK university network infrastructure disrupted connectivity at the University of Manchester. Off-campus availability of university IT services was impaired, prompting staff and students to be advised initially to travel to campus; connectivity stabilized overnight, with some performance issues continuing during recovery. Anonymous Sudan claimed responsibility; that claim is treated as actor attribution rather than independent proof.
65
Estimated severity
65 / 100
86
Source reliability
86 / 100
Approximate Date
19/02/2024
Targeted Company
UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
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
No information
Operational Impact
Duration
No information
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
Service unavailabilityService degradationOperational disruption
Affected sectors
Education & Research
Affected departments
Information Technology
Attack Profile
Attack types
Distributed denial of service
Attributed threat actors
ANONYMOUS SUDAN
Sources
Incident Sources
infosecurity-magazine.comhttps://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/universities-recovering-ddos-attack/insidehighered.comhttps://www.insidehighered.com/news/global/2024/02/22/uk-universities-targeted-cyberattack-supporting-israelitpro.comhttps://www.itpro.com/security/uk-universities-left-scrambling-in-wake-of-cyber-attacks