Cybersecurity incident — 2016-05-18 00:00:00
Affected organization: The Sydney Morning Herald
Affected country: Australia
Industry: Information
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined

Two Australian-based news websites, belonging to Fairfax Media, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age Digital Editions, have been hacked and as a result, over 13,000 email subscriber accounts have been leaked online.