Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2017-12-28 00:00:00
Affected organization: John McAfee Twitter Account (@officialmcafee)
Affected country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Industry: Other Services (except Public Administration)
Event type: Mixed
Event subtype: Message Manipulation,Exploitation of Data in Transit
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: John McAfee has his Twitter account hacked and used to promote lesser-known crypto-currencies.