Cybersecurity incident — 2014-10-01 00:00:00
Affected organization: Microsoft
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Information
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: Nathan Leroux; Sanadodeh Nesheiwat; David Pokora; Austin Alcala;
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: United States of America

Four men between 18 and 28 are charged with breaking into the computer systems of Microsoft, the US Army and leading games manufacturers (Epic Games, Valve, and Zombie Studios), as part of an alleged international hacking ring that netted more than $100M in intellectual property.