Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2014-03-18 00:00:00
Affected organization: Julie Bishop
Affected country: Australia
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Message Manipulation
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: The verified Twitter account of Julie Bishop, the Australian minister for foreign affairs, has been hacked. The attacker posted some tweets in an effort to lure Bishop's followers to a phishing site.