Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2018-07-19 00:00:00
Affected organization: Roblox
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Information
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Message Manipulation
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Roblox, a hugely popular online game for kids, is hacked by an individual who subverts the game's protection systems in order to have customized animations appear. This allows two male avatars to gang rape a young girl's avatar on a playground in one of the Roblox games.