Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2016-06-08 00:00:00
Affected organization: @NFL Twitter Account
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Message Manipulation
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Online miscreants take over the National Football League's Twitter account and used it to falsely report the death of league commissioner Roger Goodell.