Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2017-09-20 00:00:00
Affected organization: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: The U.S Securities and Exchange Commission reveals that its computer system had been hacked last year, giving the attackers private information that could have been exploited for trading. The breach was discovered in August.