Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-01-31 00:00:00
Affected organization: US Department of Defense (DOD)
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: A security researcher discovers a cryptocurrency-mining botnet inside a web server operated by the US Department of Defense (DOD).