Analysing a Cyber Attack

During this assessment, your task is to produce a report based on a recent cyber-attack which affected a company or organisation.  You should describe this attack and any solutions at a technical level and contextualize the impacts of the attack from several perspectives including data, privacy, ethics, and response.

Choose a relatively recent (within the last 5 years) high-profile cyber-attack. This should be an attack on an organisation (Government or business) in the U.K. or abroad and should look at the attack from this perspective.

This coursework will comprise of 70% of your grade for the module.

Based on information gained from media and peer-reviewed sources, you are expected to create a 2250 word (+/- 10%) academic report  which includes the following sections:

1. Introduction

Brief Introduction to the topic and background of the type of attack carried out and related incidents.

2. Technical Aspects

Discuss the key technical aspects of the attack and how it was carried out.