Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2015-01-08 00:00:00
Affected organization: 8chan
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Information
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Lizard Squad
Actor type: Undetermined
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: The infamous Lizard Squad takes credit for a DDoS attack against the imageboard site 8chan.