[quote]A spokesman said that the incident was being investigated and the fund was "fully functional". It is believed the attack involved a method known as "spear phishing" in which an individual is tricked into clicking on a bogus Web link.
The IMF collects sensitive information about the financial systems of its 187 member nations. If leaked, some data in IMF computer systems could be used to manipulate or profit from bonds and currencies around the world.
Tom Kellermann, a former cybersecurity specialist at the World Bank who has been tracking the incident, told the "Wall Street Journal" that the infiltration involved significant reconnaissance before the actual attack and code written specifically to penetrate the IMF.
"This isn't malware you've seen before," he said. It was much more difficult to detect and the concern was hackers intended to gather information that could have moved markets. He added that attackers appeared to have broad access giving them sight of IMF plans relating to bailing out the economies of countries.[/quote]
Source: [url]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/8571306/IMF-hit-by-major-cyber-attack.html[/url]
[b]It is believed the attack involved a method known as "spear phishing" in which an individual is tricked into clicking on a bogus Web link.[/b]
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the IMF got hacked by clicking on a fake link.
Late, but contains some new info that the Fox article didn't cover
It is.
[url]http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1096845-IMF-Network-Hit-By-Cyber-Attack[/url]
Damn. ;_;
[editline]13th June 2011[/editline]
Oh, well it seems that article didn't give any information on how it happened or what information was stolen
So at least there's some new information there.
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