Hackers damage a Danish waterworks, leaving about 50 households without water
Reportedon one origin only: 1 distinct origin, 1 tied to no party.
The dataset records that hackers entered the systems of a waterworks in Tureby Alkestrup and raised water pressure until pipes burst, leaving about 50 households without water. It codes the incident as sabotage, apparent goal disrupt daily life, target public services, location Denmark; the dataset dates it only to December 2024, so the date shown is the first of the month. The Leiden dataset includes incidents linked to Russia by officials, incidents fitting a pattern of officially suspected attacks, or incidents backed by journalistic evidence, and its authors call the data speculative and subject to change.
- When
- 1 December 2024
- Where
- Tureby, Denmark
- What
- cyber
- Acting party
- Government of Russia
- Attribution
- Attributed by independent sources. Listed as a Russian operation in the Leiden University Russian Operations Against Europe dataset; the dataset and the source it cites link the incident to Russia.
- In the record
- Published 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC · revision 1 · leiden
Sources
History
| When | Field | From | To | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC | status | null | reported | P1 leiden: researched from cited sources and graded by the one rule |
Cite or reuse
The War Record, "Hackers damage a Danish waterworks, leaving about 50 households without water", ev-20261027-mr0j, revision 1, https://thewarrecord.com/events/ev-20261027-mr0j/