Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2014-08-24 00:00:00
Affected organization: Various Government Websites
Affected country: Azerbaijan
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Message Manipulation,External Denial of Service
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Monte Melkonian Cyber Army (MMCA)
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: Azerbaijan
Description: A group of Armenian hackers going with the handle of Monte Melkonian Cyber Army (MMCA) claim to have defaced several Azerbaijani websites and to have executed a DDoS attack against  Azerbaijani targets reaching 300 Gbps.