Re: World Bank Under Cyber Siege in 'Unprecedented Crisis'

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawgster () gmail com>]

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See also:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10063522-83.html

- - ferg


On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 1:06 PM, Paul Ferguson <fergdawgster () gmail com>
wrote:

> Via FOX News.
>
> [snip]
>
> The World Bank Group's computer network — one of the largest
> repositories of sensitive data about the economies of every nation —
> has been raided repeatedly by outsiders for more than a year, FOX News
> has learned.
>
> It is still not known how much information was stolen. But sources inside
> the bank confirm that servers in the institution's highly-restricted
> treasury unit were deeply penetrated with spy software last April.
> Invaders also had full access to the rest of the bank's network for
> nearly a month in June and July.
>
> In total, at least six major intrusions — two of them using the same
> group of IP addresses originating from China — have been detected at
> the World Bank since the summer of 2007, with the most recent breach
> occurring just last month.
>
> In a frantic midnight e-mail to colleagues, the bank's senior technology
> manager referred to the situation as an "unprecedented crisis." In fact,
> it may be the worst security breach ever at a global financial
> institution. And it has left bank officials scrambling to try to
> understand the nature of the year-long cyber-assault, while also trying
> to keep the news from
> leaking to the public.
>
> [snip]
>
> More:
> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,435681,00.html

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