Cybersecurity incident — 2017-10-05 00:00:00
Affected organization: National Security Agency
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Political-Espionage
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined

The Wall Street Journal reveals that hackers working for the Russian government stole details of how the U.S. penetrates foreign computer networks and defends against cyberattacks after a National Security Agency contractor removed the highly classified material and put it on his home computer.