IMF targeted in computer attack reported serious

[xchrom]

Source: AP

NEW YORK (AP) -- The International Monetary Fund says it's investigating a computer attack.

IMF spokesman David Hawley says the fund's computer systems are fully functional. IMF told staffers about it on Wednesday but hasn't released a public announcement. The IMF wouldn't give further details.

The New York Times cited unnamed IMF officials as saying the attack was sophisticated and serious.

The IMF is already facing a headache after the arrest of its former leader, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who was charged with sexually assaulting a maid in a New York hotel.

Read more: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_INTERNATIONAL_MONETARY_FUND_CYBERATTACK?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-06-11-15-28-35

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this is really all the news there is on this as of yet.
very interesting.

[NC_Nurse]

1. the IMF are financial banksters who rob the poor to benefit the rich. nice to

see someone fucking with them. hackers seem to be the only people with any clout anymore. the public is too deluded and broke.

good for them.

[Pharaoh]

2. IMF is Victim of 'Sophisticated Cyberattack,' Says Report

Source: PC World

By James Niccolai, IDG News Jun 11, 2011 2:20 pm

The International Monetary Fund has reportedly been hit with a "large and sophisticated cyberattack" that potentially puts sensitive, confidential data about national economies at risk of exposure.

The scope of the attack remains unknown, according to the New York Times, which broke news of the incident Saturday. But it noted that the IMF, which helps manage financial crises around the world, is "the repository of highly confidential information about the fiscal condition of many nations."

The attack took place over the last several months and was disclosed internally by the IMF on Wednesday to its staff and board of directors, said the Times, which cited unnamed senior officials as its source. An IMF spokesman confirmed to the paper that the fund is investigating an "incident" but declined to give details. The spokesman said the fund remains "fully functional."

One unnamed official told the Times it had been a "very major breach."

The incident is apparently unrelated to the arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the IMF who was arrested in New York last month for allegedly sexually assaulting a hotel maid. It also appears unrelated to a March break-in at RSA Security that compromised its SecurID access system, the Times reported.

Read more: http://www.pcworld.com/article/230126/imf_is_victim_of_sophisticated_cyberattack_says_report.html

[Odin2005]

3. Good! I hope this corporatist farce goes down!

[xchrom]

8. +1

[SpiralHawk]

16. "...apparently unrelated incident..." Ummmm hmmmm?

[Corruption Winz]

4. So, IMF.....

How does it feel when someone forces entry on the unwilling?

[alfredo]

6. Yeah, but they need to feel the pain of starvation like their victims.

[Corruption Winz]

7. Very true.. nt

[alfredo]

5. If the Republicans force us to default, the IMF will come in

and sell off our assets to their greedy friends. They won't let us reorganize, they will pick us clean, just like they have done with many third world countries. They don't care the human costs. Money is all that matters to those evil little worms.

The up side would be the Republicans getting what they wanted: the end of the social contract, and the dawn of a corporatist (fascist) state.

They IMF forces their victims to abandon all social safety nets, and force the population into starvation and servitude to foreign corporations.

[jwirr]

9. Good, they deserve everything they get. Tool of the robber barons.

[Downwinder]

10. They say it occurred over the last several months.

Must have found an intrusion while checking their security in preparation for Anonymous.

[Downwinder]

13. IMF Computers Lose E-Mails in State-Based Attack

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-11/imf-computer-system-infiltrated-by-hackers-said-to-work-for-foreign-state.html

[loudsue]

11. Annonymous rides again!

This is getting interesting.

[7wo7rees]

12. "attack was sophisticated and serious..."

Just as serious as the damage done by the IMF.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7Fzm1hEiDQ

[Odin2005]

14. Yay! Fuck the IMF!

[SpiralHawk]

15. The global InfoWar is ON

Totally digitally on.