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http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10063522-83.html - - ferg On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 1:06 PM, Paul Ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.6.3 (Build 3017) wj8DBQFI78Ghq1pz9mNUZTMRAmBDAJ9ADDm/Z9Lozb0GydbPP/kLtXvBkQCgiBmD u9IU9oOgR1qPJ+K0VahSpbE= =MRyd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawgster(at)gmail.com ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
