Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2016-05-15 00:00:00
Affected organization: Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates
Affected country: United Arab Emirates
Industry: Finance and Insurance
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service
Motive: Protest
Actor: Anonymous
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Anonymous has taken down five more banks as part of OpIcarus. The targets are the Bank of France, the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates, the Central Bank of Tunisia, the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago, and the Philippine National Bank.