Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-08-19 00:00:00
Affected organization: GEO Group
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services
Event type: Mixed
Event subtype: Data Attack,Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
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