United Kingdom
GBR
Leicester City Council cyberattack disables citizen service portals and phone lines
After a cyber incident identified on March 7, 2024, Leicester City Council shut down IT and telephone systems. Housing, social care, council transactions, libraries and online public-service portals were affected while the council gradually restored systems and worked through a request backlog.
77
Estimated severity
77 / 100
95
Source reliability
95 / 100
Approximate Date
2024-03-07
Targeted Company
LEICESTER CITY 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
No information
Operational Impact
Duration
No information
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
Service degradationService unavailability
Affected sectors
Government & Public Administration
Affected departments
Customer ServiceInformation Technology
Attack Profile
Attack types
Unauthorized access
Attributed threat actors
No information
Sources
Incident Sources
news.leicester.gov.ukhttps://news.leicester.gov.uk/news-articles/2024/march/city-council-it-system-shut-down-as-precaution-due-to-cyber-incident/news.leicester.gov.ukhttps://news.leicester.gov.uk/news-articles/2024/march/main-council-services-back-online-following-cyber-incident/news.leicester.gov.ukhttps://news.leicester.gov.uk/news-articles/2024/march/council-in-recovery-phase-after-cyber-incident/news.leicester.gov.ukhttps://news.leicester.gov.uk/news-articles/2024/april/cyber-incident-update-3-april-2024/