Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2016-06-01 00:00:00
Affected organization: CNN
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Information
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service
Motive: Protest
Actor: Ghost Squad Hackers
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: United States of America
Description: Members of the Ghost Squad Hackers team, one of Anonymous' former subdivisions, take down the email servers of CNN and FOX News as part of a new hacktivism campaign dubbed OpSilence.