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UN hacked in apparent espionage operation
[NYPOST] Sophisticated hackers infiltrated UN offices in Geneva and Vienna last year in an apparent espionage operation and their identity and the extent of the data they obtained is not clear.An internal confidential document from the United Nations ...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships... , leaked to The New Humanitarian and seen by the News Agency that Dare Not be Named, says dozens of servers were compromised including at the UN human rights ...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty... office, which collects sensitive data and has often been a lightning rod of criticism from autocratic governments for exposing rights abuses. Asked about the report, one UN official told the AP that the hack appeared "sophisticated" and that the extent of the damage remained unclear, especially in terms of personal, secret or compromising information that may have been stolen. The official, who spoke only on condition of anonymity to speak freely about the episode, said systems have since been reinforced. The skill level was so high it was possible a state-backed actor might have been behind it, the official said. "It’s as if someone were walking in the sand and swept up their tracks with a broom afterward," the official Posted by: Fred 2020-01-30 |
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