Cyberattack Causes Widespread Disruption for Lyca Mobile Customers
INCIDENT
Lyca Mobile, a British telecom company, faced a network disruption due to a cyber attack over the weekend of September 30 - October 1.
“The issues affected all Lyca Mobile markets apart from the United States, Australia, Ukraine and Tunisia,” the company said. The attack prevented customers and retailers from accessing top-ups. National and international calling was impacted and it raised concerns about potential customer data compromise.
Incident Date
September 30, 2023
Location
Estimated Cost
Services were significantly disrupted
Victims
Type of Malware
Threat Source
No threat source identified