Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2017-10-01 00:00:00
Affected organization: Etherparty.io
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Finance and Insurance
Event type: Mixed
Event subtype: Message Manipulation,Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Hackers disrupt the Etherparty ICO (Initial Coin Offering) after hijacking the platform's website, displaying their own Ethereum address, tricking 59 ICO participants into sending funds to the wrong wallets.