Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2016-03-11 00:00:00
Affected organization: worldchess.com
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Information
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Controversial website worldchess.com, broadcasting in exclusive the World Chess Candidates Tournament, is the target of a DDoS attack.