Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2016-03-18 00:00:00
Affected organization: visit-jy.com
Affected country: Japan
Industry: Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Protest
Actor: KarmaSec
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: Japan
Description: Hacktivists from KarmaSec hack the server of Japan'sÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆÃ¢â¬Â 'ÃÆÃ'ÃÂ¢Ã¢'Â¬ÃÂ ''ÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆÃ¢â¬Â ''ÃÆÃ'Ãâ ''ÃÆÃ''ÃÆ'Ã'ÃÂ Yamaguchi Prefecture Tourism Promotion Division (visit-jy.com) and leak a trove of data protesting in animal cruelty in the country.