Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2016-01-05 00:00:00
Affected organization: Saudi Customs Service
Affected country: Saudi Arabia
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service
Motive: Protest
Actor: Anonymous
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: The Anonymous protest against the execution of 47 people in Saudi Arabia and take down several high-profile Saudi Arabian government websites under the banner of operation #OpSaudi and #OpNimr.