Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2015-01-12 00:00:00
Affected organization: US Central Command Twitter account
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Message Manipulation
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Islamic State
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: Japan
Description: The Twitter and YouTube accounts for the US military command that oversees operations in the Middle East  (CENTCOM) are hacked by the CyberCaliphate. Several maps and diagrams are also posted by the attackers, despite Centcom stating that no sensitive information was compromised.