Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2017-05-20 00:00:00
Affected organization: Salem State University Twitter Account
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Educational Services
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Message Manipulation
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Salem State University officials apologize after several racist tweets (against Black Lives Matter) were sent out when the school's Twitter account was hacked (@SalemState).