Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2016-06-29 00:00:00
Affected organization: World-Check Database
Affected country: Canada
Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Researcher Chris Vickery reveals to have obtained a mid-2014 copy of the controversial database World-Check containing details of 2.2 million individuals suspected of terrorism.