Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2016-09-03 00:00:00
Affected organization: Variety
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Information
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Message Manipulation
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: OurMine
Actor type: Hobbyist
Actor country: Saudi Arabia
Description: Entertainment news site Variety is briefly taken over by the infamous hacker group OurMine. The hacking collective manages to break into Variety's content management system and defaces the site with a post of their own claiming responsibility for the attack.