World Bank Under Cyber Siege in 'Unprecedented Crisis'

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawgster () gmail com>]

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Via FOX News.

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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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More:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,435681,00.html

- - ferg

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