Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2015-12-31 00:00:00
Affected organization: US Customs and Border Protection
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Data Attack
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Mexican drug cartels
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Mexico
Description: The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency report on incidents where drug traffickers have hacked unmanned air vehicles (UAVs, drones) in order to illegally and secretly cross the US-Mexican border.