Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2015-01-17 00:00:00
Affected organization: United Press International
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Information
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Message Manipulation
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: A total of six fake messages are posted from the Twitter accounts of New York Post and United Press International (UPI) by unknown individuals.