Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2014-06-22 00:00:00
Affected organization: Reuters
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Management of Companies and Enterprises
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Message Manipulation
Motive: Protest
Actor: Syrian Electronic Army
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: Syrian Arab Republic
Description: The Syrian Electronic Army is back and hacks Reuters redirecting the users to a web page supporting the Syrian regime. However the hack was possible after allegedly compromising Taboola, the ad provider.