Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2017-01-27 00:00:00
Affected organization: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)
Affected country: Australia
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) investigate a computer security breach at the Australian Synchrotron that saw hackers steal scientists' usernames and passwords.