Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2018-01-28 00:00:00
Affected organization: Experty
Affected country: Switzerland
Industry: Finance and Insurance
Event type: Mixed
Event subtype: Message Manipulation,Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: A hacker tricks Experty ICO participants into sending Ethereum funds to the wrong wallet address. He is able to do this by sending emails with a fake pre-ICO sale announcement to Experty users who signed up for notifications. The bounty amounts to $150,000.