Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2017-08-19 00:00:00
Affected organization: Bittrex
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Finance and Insurance
Event type: Mixed
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server,Message Manipulation,Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: A fake website pretends to be the official site for Bittrex exchange, but in reality, it is a phishing domain not only stealing login credentials of unsuspecting users, but also the money saved in the exchange.