Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2016-05-06 00:00:00
Affected organization: Central Bank of Maldives
Affected country: Maldives
Industry: Finance and Insurance
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service
Motive: Protest
Actor: Anonymous
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: OpIcarus continues and the Anonymous take down other banks across the world, including: The Central Bank of the Dominican Republic, the Guernsey Financial Services Commission, the Central Bank of Maldives, the Dutch Central Bank, the National Bank of Panama, the Central Bank of Kenya, the Central Bank of Mexico, and the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina.