Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2015-01-26 00:00:00
Affected organization: CoinFire Twitter account
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Information
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Message Manipulation
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Bitcoin news website CoinFire and its Twitter account are hacked, according to the company's executive editor. The domain is stolen and the Twitter account hijacked.