Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2016-08-05 00:00:00
Affected organization: Portal of the State Government of Rio de Janeiro (rj.gov.br)
Affected country: Brazil
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service
Motive: Protest
Actor: Anonymous (Brazil)
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: Brazil
Description: The online hacktivists of Anonymous Brazil take down several Brazilian government websites to protest against the ongoing Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Targets include: the official website of the federal government for the 2016 Games (brasil2016.gov.br), Portal of the State Government of Rio de Janeiro (rj.gov.br), Ministry of sports (esporte.gov.br), Brazil Olympic Committee COB (cob.org.br) and the official website of the Rio 2016 Olympics (rio2016.com).