Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2015-03-14 00:00:00
Affected organization: US Department of State
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Political-Espionage
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: The State Department shuts down parts of its computer network to remove malicious software from Russian hackers in its unclassified email system.