Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2015-01-09 00:00:00
Affected organization: WBOC.com
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Information
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Message Manipulation
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: CyberCaliphate
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: CyberCaliphate, a pro-IS group takes control of the Twitter accounts of the Albuquerque Journal, and CBS affiliate WBOC. The attackers also took over WBOC's website. The hackers used the intrusions to post sensitive documents stolen from government servers in Stewart County, TN.