Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2015-09-11 00:00:00
Affected organization: UK Cabinet Ministers
Affected country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Islamic State
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: Japan
Description: The Telegraph reveals that jihadists in Syria hacked into UK ministerial email accounts in a sophisticated espionage operation uncovered by GCHQ.