Essex Police's website was targeted by a teenager from Brazil who left the site inaccessible for a while.
Officers investigated the suspected denial of service attack on the Essex Police website and cooperate with other law enforcement agencies.
Source: https://www.theregister.com/2015/09/04/essex_police_ddos/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/essex-police
"id": "ess231921422",
"linkid": "essex-police",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "09/2015",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "6",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the economy of a geographical region"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Public Sector',
'location': 'Essex, United Kingdom',
'name': 'Essex Police',
'type': 'Law Enforcement Agency'}],
'attack_vector': 'Denial of Service (DoS)',
'description': "Essex Police's website was targeted by a teenager from Brazil "
'who left the site inaccessible for a while. Officers '
'investigated the suspected denial of service attack on the '
'Essex Police website and cooperate with other law enforcement '
'agencies.',
'impact': {'downtime': 'Site inaccessible for a while',
'systems_affected': ['Essex Police Website']},
'investigation_status': 'Investigating',
'response': {'law_enforcement_notified': True},
'threat_actor': 'Teenager from Brazil',
'title': 'Denial of Service Attack on Essex Police Website',
'type': 'Denial of Service (DoS) Attack'}