Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2016-10-12 00:00:00
Affected organization: Aric Toler
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Other Services (except Public Administration)
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Political-Espionage
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Several Russian activists and independent journalists have reportedly received warnings notifying them that "government-backed" hackers may be attempting to illegally access their email inboxes.