Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2014-07-04 00:00:00
Affected organization: Israel Defense Forces
Affected country: Israel
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Message Manipulation
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Syrian Electronic Army
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: Syrian Arab Republic
Description: The Syrian Electronic Army hacks the Twitter account and official blog of the Israel Defence Forces (@IDFSpokeperson) and posts a fake tweet related to a possible nuclear leak to the 300,000 account followers.