City of Minneapolis

The public websites and systems of the City of Minneapolis were targeted in a a denial of service (DoS) attack which caused them to crash and temporarily shut down.

However, the City officials were able to bring back 95 percent of affected websites and systems within hours of the attack.

There was no evidence that any data was stolen or compromised.

Source: https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/500009-minneapolis-city-systems-temporarily-brought-down-by-cyberattack/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/city-of-minneapolis

"id": "cit1511151022",
"linkid": "city-of-minneapolis",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "05/2020",
"severity": "25",
"impact": "1",
"explanation": "Attack without any consequences"

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                        'location': 'Minneapolis, MN, USA',
                        'name': 'City of Minneapolis',
                        'type': 'Government'}],
 'attack_vector': 'DoS attack',
 'description': 'The public websites and systems of the City of Minneapolis '
                'were targeted in a denial of service (DoS) attack which '
                'caused them to crash and temporarily shut down. However, the '
                'City officials were able to bring back 95 percent of affected '
                'websites and systems within hours of the attack. There was no '
                'evidence that any data was stolen or compromised.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': 'None',
            'downtime': 'Hours',
            'operational_impact': 'Temporary shutdown of websites and systems',
            'systems_affected': ['Public websites', 'Public systems']},
 'response': {'recovery_measures': ['Brought back 95% of affected websites and '
                                    'systems within hours']},
 'title': 'DoS Attack on City of Minneapolis Websites and Systems',
 'type': 'Denial of Service (DoS)'}