Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2016-03-20 00:00:00
Affected organization: EC-Council (eccouncil.org)
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Other Services (except Public Administration)
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Data Attack
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: The website of EC-Council, the professional organization that administers the Certified Ethical Hacker program, is compromised to redirect the visitors to an Angler Exploit Kit landing page, where the infamous Teslacrypt ransomware is injected.