Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2016-03-05 00:00:00
Affected organization: Unnamed South Korean news-clipping firm
Affected country: Korea (the Republic of)
Industry: Information
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Islamic State
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: Japan
Description: South Korean officials launch an investigation into whether an Islamic State militant group hacked a South Korean news-clipping firm's computer network. Data on 20 South Koreans was reportedly acquired in the attack.