Public tender document reveals the UK’s Foreign Office was targeted by a “serious cyber security incident”, but details have not been disclosed
The Foreign Office suffered a major cybersecurity incident that saw it bring in additional support with “extreme urgency” from its cybersecurity contractor BAE Systems Applied Intelligence.
News of the attack was first revealed by the Stack, which said the government had only revealed the existence of the “serious cyber security incident” affecting the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) through a public tender announcement.
There is no word on when the attack took place, and what type of attack it was, the damage caused etc, as details have not been publicly disclosed.
Cyber incident
However, contract information released by the government on Friday 4 February shows that the department was forced to call in “urgent support” from the security firm “to support remediation and investigation”.
BAE reportedly received just over £467,000 for analysis it provided to the government.
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