Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2023-05-05 00:00:00
Affected organization: Smashing Pumpkins
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan reveals he had to pay a hacker's ransom to prevent them leaking songs from the band's new three-part rock opera Atum.