Prolonged effects of Cyberattack on City of Leicester almost Two Months after Initial Attack

The council disabled its phone and computer systems on 7 March after a "cyber incident". The issue lead to prolonged disruption:
-BBC reports on April 3; 25 stolen documents had been posted online but now a "much larger batch" has been released. Council bosses said the attack on its systems was "highly sophisticated".
The council said its IT networks were now back online and that a known ransomware group was responsible.
-BBC reports on April 23 : wider effects of the cyberattack continue to show, including a number of street lights that are staying on during the day. "This means we are currently not able to remotely identify faults in the street lighting system. A number of steps are required to resolve the problem, and we are working through these as quickly as we can." says a city council spokesperson.

INC Ransom claimed responsibility for the attack.

Estimated Cost

data breach, disconnected fault detection system connected to street lights.

Threat Source

Impacts

OT IT