Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2016-11-21 00:00:00
Affected organization: TheCounter
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Message Manipulation
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: TheCounter, a third party Twitter site was hacked over the weekend and various celebrity and media accounts taken over to promote an "increase Twitter followers" service.