Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2016-06-27 00:00:00
Affected organization: Twitter account of Sundar Pichai, Google CEO
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Information
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Message Manipulation
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: OurMine
Actor type: Hobbyist
Actor country: Saudi Arabia
Description: Google CEO Sundar Pichai is the latest victim of the hacking group 'OurMine' after his Twitter-linked Quora account is temporarily compromised and filled with spam links.