Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2018-05-24 00:00:00
Affected organization: Mashhad airport
Affected country: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Industry: Transportation and Warehousing
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Message Manipulation,Internal Denial of Service
Motive: Protest
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Hackers deface the screens at the Mashhad airport in Iran to protest against the government and the military's activities in the Middle East. The hackers also took control of the email account of the Mashhad airport civil aviation head, Mohsen Eidizadeh to spread the news of the hack.