Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2014-02-11 00:00:00
Affected organization: Various Government Websites
Affected country: Nigeria
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Message Manipulation
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Anonymous (Syria)
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: Syrian Arab Republic
Description: Hackers belonging to a group called Syrian Anonymous deface a total of 25 Nigerian government websites.The list of hacked websites includes the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Power, and many others.