Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2018-11-05 00:00:00
Affected organization: News site associated with the Internet Research Agency (IRA)
Affected country: Russian Federation
Industry: Information
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service,Data Attack
Motive: Sabotage
Actor: US Cyber Command
Actor type: Nation-State
Actor country: United States of America
Description: The Washington Post reveals that a cyber-attack by a US security agency against Russia's infamous troll factory (Internet Research Agency) has resulted in a destroyed server RAID controller and formatted hard drives.