Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2016-10-24 00:00:00
Affected organization: Het Nieuwsblad
Affected country: Belgium
Industry: Information
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service
Motive: Protest
Actor: Syrian Cyber Army
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: Syrian Arab Republic
Description: The Syrian Cyber Army claims responsibility for DDoS attacks against several Belgian media news outlets including De Standaard, Het Nieuwsblad, Gazet van Antwerpen, Het Belang van Limburg, and RTFB.