United States
USA
Denial-of-service attack disrupts QuickLaunch authentication for higher-education customers
On August 23 an automated denial-of-service attack flooded QuickLaunch password-reset endpoints, degrading its password-manager API and rendering single sign-on intermittently unavailable at customer institutions. QuickLaunch applied emergency bypasses and restored core login service in approximately seven hours, while some password and multi-factor functions remained impaired. A distinct August 22 technical outage is not attributed to this attack.
78
Estimated severity
78 / 100
95
Source reliability
95 / 100
Approximate Date
2022-08-23
Targeted Company
QUICKLAUNCH
Targeted Company Supply Chain Impact
Distribution & Fulfillment
Procurement & Sourcing
Production & Manufacturing
Sales (Retail & Ecommerce)
Warehousing
Service Delivery
Unrecognized Impact
Supply Chain Relations
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS (IT service provider)
Geographic Impact
Country Targeted Company
Other Affected Countries
No other affected countries reported
Target country
United States
Affected countries
United States
Impacted regions
No information
Operational Impact
Duration
No information
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
Downstream customer disruptionService degradationService unavailability
Affected sectors
Education & ResearchTechnology & IT Services
Affected departments
Information Technology
Attack Profile
Attack types
Denial of service
Attributed threat actors
No information