The UK Government Research and Innovation Authority has fallen victim to a ransomware attack
At this stage it was reported that the attackers had viewed some of the information and that 2 central systems of the Authority were unavailable , an orderly report was forwarded to the National Cyber Center and the British Information Commission.
“At this stage we do not know if sensitive information was stolen/exposed during the attack, but we will make efforts to contact the relevant parties to prevent possible frauds,” the Authority said.