Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2015-12-14 00:00:00
Affected organization: City of Providence (https://www.providenceri.com/)
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: g0tchack
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: A hacker called g0tchack hacks the website of the CIty of Providence and asks for a ransom of $1,500 to $2,000 to give the data back.