I.M.F. Gets Hacked: 'Led to Very Major Breach'

[sixmile]

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/12/world/12imf.html?_r=1

'The International Monetary Fund, still struggling to find a new leader after the arrest of its managing director last month in New York, was hit recently by what computer experts describe as a large and sophisticated cyberattack whose dimensions are still unknown.

The fund, which manages financial crises around the world and is the repository of highly confidential information about the fiscal condition of many nations, told its staff and its board of directors about the attack on Wednesday. But it did not make a public announcement.'

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'The attacks were likely to have been made possible by a technique known as “spear phishing,” in which an individual is fooled into clicking on a malicious Web link or running a program that allows open access to the recipient’s network. It is also possible that the attack was less specific, a case in which an intruder was testing the system merely to see what was available.'

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[JVS]

1. I hope the hackers didn't get to the penis pictures!

[nilram]

3. ooh - I hope he did!

[xchrom]

2. this is a very interesting story. nt

[ej510]

4. The IMF like NATO is corrupt is hell.