Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2016-01-05 00:00:00
Affected organization: Facebook Account of Ruqia Hassan
Affected country: Syrian Arab Republic
Industry: Other Services (except Public Administration)
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Message Manipulation
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Islamic State
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: Japan
Description: The Independent reveals that after murdering the activist Ruqia Hassan Mohammed in September, the ISIS jihadists hijacked and continued to operate her social media accounts until very recently to lure other opponents into a trap.