Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2017-02-07 00:00:00
Affected organization: David Beckham
Affected country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Industry: Other Services (except Public Administration)
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: David Beckham's emails are held hostage by hackers, and published after his representatives refuse to pay a ransom of ÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆÃ¢â¬Â 'ÃÆÃ'ÃÂ¢Ã¢'Â¬ÃÂ 'ÃÆÃ'Ãâ ''ÃÆÃ''ÃÆ'Ã'ÃÂ¢ÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆÃ¢â¬Â '''ÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆÃ¢â¬Â ''ÃÆÃ'Ãâ ''ÃÆÃ''ÃÆ'Ã'ÃÂ¬1 million (ÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆÃ¢â¬Â 'ÃÆÃ'ÃÂ¢Ã¢'Â¬ÃÂ ''ÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆÃ¢â¬Â ''ÃÆÃ'Ãâ ''ÃÆÃ''ÃÆ'Ã'ÃÂ£860,000). The 'Beckileaks' came as part of a breach on sports and entertainment agency, Doyen Global (18.6 million emails).