Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2015-06-15 00:00:00
Affected organization: Uber
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Transportation and Warehousing
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Message Manipulation
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: A website hosting an Uber petition (petition.uber.org) calling on local government to allow its drivers to work on San Francisco's Market Street is defaced by a seemingly well-intentioned blogger, who also inserts a banner that automatically redirects visitors to a competitor's site.