Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2015-10-18 00:00:00
Affected organization: John Brennan
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Crackas With Attitude
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: United States of America
Description: A teen hacker with the nickname CWA claims to have hacked an AOL e-mail account belonging to John Brennan, the director of the CIA. The attacker claims to have obtained sensitive documents and releases a small spreadsheet with alleged personal information.