Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2016-01-28 00:00:00
Affected organization: Ministry of Taxes of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Affected country: Azerbaijan
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Monte Melkonian Cyber Army (MMCA)
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: Azerbaijan
Description: Hackers from the Monte Melkonian Cyber Army take down several Azerbaijani government servers including: the E-Government Portal (e-gov.az), Ministry of Taxes of the Republic of Azerbaijan (taxes.gov.az) and the official Internet resource of the State Bodies (gov.az). The hackers also breached the Civil Service Commission of Azerbaijan and leaked thousands of login credentials.