Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2016-11-18 00:00:00
Affected organization: USOC (United States Olympic Committee)
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: The U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) notifies individuals who participated in the 100-Days Out event in April 2016 that their personal information has been acquired by an unauthorized individual who gained access to the email account of a contractor who ran security clearances for the event.