Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-01-06 00:00:00
Affected organization: Texas Department of Agriculture
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Message Manipulation
Motive: Protest
Actor: Iranian hacker
Actor type: Undetermined
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: The Texas Department of Agriculture is hit with a cyberattack that defaces its website with an image of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the top Iranian commander who was killed in a U.S. strike the previous week.