Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-07-24 00:00:00
Affected organization: Emotet botnet
Affected country: Undetermined
Industry: Other Services (except Public Administration)
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Message Manipulation
Motive: Sabotage
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Someone is taking fun at the Emotet botnet and disrupting its operations by hacking into the malware's distribution sites and replacing malicious payloads with memes and GIFs.