Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2016-01-02 00:00:00
Affected organization: donaldjtrump.com
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Other Services (except Public Administration)
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: New World Hacktivists (NWH)
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: United States of America
Description: The hacking group New World Hacktivists (NWH) takes down the official Election Campaign website of American Presidential candidate Donald Trump (donaldjtrump.com). The same attackers claim responsibility for the DDoS attack that crippled the BBC website.