Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-06-22 00:00:00
Affected organization: Iowa State University
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Educational Services
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Message Manipulation
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Iowa State University officials announce that nearly 4,900 Iowa State University-affiliated email accounts were the recipients of a racist cyberattack from an email sender claiming to be Equity Prime Mortgage.