Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2015-04-13 00:00:00
Affected organization: Vatican City
Affected country: Holy See
Industry: Other Services (except Public Administration)
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service
Motive: Protest
Actor: @THTHerakles
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: Turkey
Description: A Turkish hacker with the handle @THTHerakles shut down the Vatican City official website (vatican.va) to protest against Pope Francis' remarks in which he used the word "genocide" to refer to mass killings of Armenians by Turks.