Cybersecurity incident — 2015-09-18 00:00:00
Affected organization: Pleasanton Weekly
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Information
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Message Manipulation
Motive: Protest
Actor: Anonymous
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: Undetermined

An individual or group claiming to be the hacktivist collective Anonymous shuts down all websites operated by Embarcadero Media Group, which runs several community newspapers in the Bay Area.