Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2016-05-20 00:00:00
Affected organization: Sindicat de Mossos d'Esquadra
Affected country: Spain
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Mixed
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server,Message Manipulation
Motive: Protest
Actor: Phineas Fisher
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: Italy
Description: Phineas Fisher, the hacker behind the Gamma International and Hacking Team breaches hacks the Sindicat de Mossos d'Esquadra (the Catalan police union), publishes personal information about police officers (including their badge numbers), and hijacks their Twitter account.