Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2015-07-24 00:00:00
Affected organization: BitDefender
Affected country: Romania
Industry: Information
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: DetoxRansome
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: A hacker called DetoxRansome hacks BitDefender and blackmails the company, demanding a ransom of $15,000 and threatening to release the stolen usernames and passwords (allegedly kept in clear) in case the ransom is not paid.