Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2019-12-28 00:00:00
Affected organization: Special Olympics of New York
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Other Services (except Public Administration)
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Special Olympics of New York, a nonprofit organization focused on competitive athletes with intellectual disabilities, has its email server hacked and later used to launch a phishing campaign against previous donors.