Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2016-11-26 00:00:00
Affected organization: careers.kna.kw (official website of the Kuwaiti parliament)
Affected country: Kuwait
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Message Manipulation
Motive: Sabotage
Actor: Group_Dmar
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: Kuwait
Description: The official website of the Kuwaiti parliament is defaced by hackers on their parliamentary election day. The hackers deface the main page leaving a message in Arabic accusing Abdul Hamid Dashti, a member of parliament (MP) of being an Iranian agent and urged other MPs to unite against him.