Key British infrastructure was the target of ‘major cyber assault’ by Iran
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Sky News reported that the UK Post Office and local government networks were both hit in coordinated attacks on 23 December. Cyber attacks for which Iran is being blamed in what was described as a major assault just before Christmas.
Sky News said that it is understood that private sector companies, including banks, were also compromised in what has been described as an “ongoing” campaign.
It was reported that 10,204 data records were stolen from the parliament global address lists during that attack including addresses, company positions and phone numbers and the mobile phone numbers of at least 10 peers and MPs were among the compromised data.
Analysis by cyber security experts in California has concluded that a group connected to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard was responsible for this attack and the attack on the parliamentary network in 2017.
In the cyber attack personal details belonging to thousands of employees were stolen, including the email address’
The National Cyber Security Centre was quoted as saying that it was aware of a cyber incident affecting some UK organisations in late 2018 and that it was working with victims and advising on mitigation measures.
