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Cyberattacks disrupt Bahrain News Agency online news service

On February 14 the Bahrain News Agency website was temporarily unavailable amid cyberattacks also affecting other Bahraini public websites. Al-Toufan claimed the campaign; the outage interrupted public access to the state news agency’s digital news-delivery channel, but broader government operations reportedly remained unaffected.

65

Estimated severity

65 / 100

82

Source reliability

82 / 100

Approximate Date

2023-02-14

Targeted Company

BAHRAIN NEWS AGENCY

Targeted Company Supply Chain Impact

  1. Distribution & Fulfillment

  2. Procurement & Sourcing

  3. Production & Manufacturing

  4. Sales (Retail & Ecommerce)

  5. Warehousing

  6. Service Delivery

  7. Unrecognized Impact

Supply Chain Relations

No information

Geographic Impact

Country Targeted Company

Bahrain

BHR

Other Affected Countries

No other affected countries reported

Target country

Bahrain

Affected countries

Bahrain

Impacted regions

No information

Operational Impact

Duration

No information

Financial impact (USD M)

No information

Impact types

Service unavailability

Affected sectors

Media & Entertainment

Affected departments

No information

Attack Profile

Attack types

No information

Attributed threat actors

AL-TOUFAN

Sources

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