Thursday, 30 January 2020
The United Nations suffered a critical breach in its networks last year — which it subsequently tried to cover up. The attack, which was likely orchestrated by state-sponsored actors, began in July, according to reports from The New Humanitarian and the Associated Press. A leaked internal document, obtained by The New Humanitarian and reviewed by AP, revealed the hackers compromised at least a dozen servers belonging to the UN. The extent of the breach remains unclear, but reports suggest the hackers pulled a 400GB trove of data. The attack affected the servers of the UN’s Vienna and Geneva offices, as…
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