Council targeted in 2nd cyber attack in a week

Cyber attack on council sparks extra security
Oliver Dixon On 28 October, NoName057(16) posted on X about its plans to target authorities in the UK Portsmouth City Council previously said it had been affected by a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. A DDoS uses multiple computers to flood a ...
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Portsmouth City Council said it had been hit by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack by a group named NoName057(16).
Exeter City Council targeted by hackers in cyber attack
Exeter City Council was among a group of local authorities attacked by cyber hackers, the group has claimed. Other locals councils, including Portsmouth City Council, were affected by the attack. Portsmouth City Council revealed that it was hit by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack by a group known as NoName057 (16)
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Pro-Russian hackers claim they have targeted the council in a cyber attack. The group claimed to have hit Trafford, Bury, Salford and Tamesde town halls this week with a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, flooding the websites with internet traffic to put them out of use.
Council targeted in second cyber attack in a week
A local authority has been the target of a cyber attack for the second time in a week. Middlesbrough Council's website was affected by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on Wednesday last week and it was attacked again on Sunday morning.
‘Foreign Hackers’ Target UK Council in Second Cyber Attack This Week
Councils in the U.K. have been affected by a string of (DDoS) attacks. The pro-Russian hacker group NoName057(16) has taken responsibility for some of the
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