World Bank Under Cyber SIEGE Since April!

[snot]

World Bank Under Cyber Siege in ‘Unprecedented Crisis’
By Richard Behar.

"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."

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[bemildred]

1. LOL. The data miners mined for data. nt

[earth mom]

2. Wow, is this what they call rough justice or karma?

:evilgrin:

[lpbk2713]

3. It's the Nigerians and all their e-mail requests.

:eyes:

[Greyhound]

4. "I'm shocked, shocked!"

I know it's getting really old, but...

We told you so!

[Kip Humphrey]

5. I'd like to see a time-line of these intrusions plotted against the events of the economic crisis.

[snot]

6. That's exactly what I'm wondering about . . .

There's a lot of stake for a lot of big players.