Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2016-01-13 00:00:00
Affected organization: nissan-global.com
Affected country: Japan
Industry: Manufacturing
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service
Motive: Protest
Actor: Anonymous
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: In name of #OpKillingBay, the Japanese carmaker suspends its global (nissan-global.com) and Japanese (nissan.co.jp) sites after they are DDoSed by Anonymous.