Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2016-02-07 00:00:00
Affected organization: Department of Homeland Security
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Protest
Actor: Penis AKA @DotGovs
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: United States of America
Description: In the name of #FreePalestine, a hacker called Penis AKA @DotGovs dumps data belonging to 9,000 DHS officials. The trove is allegedly obtained after compromising the email address of a DHS employee.