Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2014-08-28 00:00:00
Affected organization: hackforums.net
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Information
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Message Manipulation
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Eg-R1z
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: United States of America
Description: Hackforums.net, one of the most popular hacking forums in the world, is defaced by an Egyptian hacker with the online handle Eg-R1z.