Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2019-04-25 00:00:00
Affected organization: Cartoon Network
Affected country: Russian Federation
Industry: Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Message Manipulation
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Two Unnamed Brazilian Hackers
Actor type: Hobbyist
Actor country: Brazil
Description: Cartoon Network websites in at least 16 countries/regions are hacked to play videos of Arabic memes and a Brazilian male stripper, among other things. Cartoon Network portals in the UK, Hungary, Romania, Germany, Russia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Italy, Turkey, Mexico, Brazil, the Africa region, and the Arabic region have been affected.