12-06-2011, 12:03 PM
Investigation Into IMF Cyber Attack
June 12th, 2011
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Via: RTE: http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0612/imf.html
The FBI is helping the International Monetary Fund investigate a cyber attack on its computer systems.
It is understood the breach was designed to install software which would create a digital insider presence'.
The IMF, which holds sensitive economic data about many countries, said its operations were fully functional.
A cybersecurity expert who has worked for both the IMF and the World Bank said the intruders' goal had been to install software that would give a nation state a digital insider presence' on the IMF network.
Such a presence could yield a trove of non-public economic data used by the Fund to promote exchange rate stability, support balanced international trade and provide resources to remedy members' balance-of-payments crises.
It was a targeted attack,' said Tom Kellerman, who has worked for both international financial institutions and who serves on the board of a group known as the International Cyber Security Protection Alliance.
The code used in the IMF incident was developed specifically for the attack on the institution, said Mr Kellerman.
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June 12th, 2011
In other news: Hacker Groups Thoroughly Infiltrated by Government
http://cryptogon.com/?p=22766
Via: RTE: http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0612/imf.html
The FBI is helping the International Monetary Fund investigate a cyber attack on its computer systems.
It is understood the breach was designed to install software which would create a digital insider presence'.
The IMF, which holds sensitive economic data about many countries, said its operations were fully functional.
A cybersecurity expert who has worked for both the IMF and the World Bank said the intruders' goal had been to install software that would give a nation state a digital insider presence' on the IMF network.
Such a presence could yield a trove of non-public economic data used by the Fund to promote exchange rate stability, support balanced international trade and provide resources to remedy members' balance-of-payments crises.
It was a targeted attack,' said Tom Kellerman, who has worked for both international financial institutions and who serves on the board of a group known as the International Cyber Security Protection Alliance.
The code used in the IMF incident was developed specifically for the attack on the institution, said Mr Kellerman.
Posted in Elite, False Flag Operations, Technology
http://cryptogon.com/?p=22907
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