Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2014-11-12 00:00:00
Affected organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Chinese threat actors accessed the network of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The hack resulted in NOAA temporarily halting the sending of satellite data to institutions such as the National Weather Service.