Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2014-10-02 00:00:00
Affected organization: UNICEF
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Other Services (except Public Administration)
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Message Manipulation
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Syrian Electronic Army
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: Syrian Arab Republic
Description: The Syrian Electronic Army hacks the Official UNICEF Twitter account (@UNICEF) to share the news of a bomb blast in a Syrian school which killed 49 children.