Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2015-05-11 00:00:00
Affected organization: brasil.gov.br
Affected country: Brazil
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service
Motive: Protest
Actor: Anonymous
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: In name of OpGreenRights, two websites under the administraion of the Brazilian government (brasil.gov.br and www2.brasil.gov.br) are taken down by a DDoS attack.