The New York Times reported that the International Monetary Fund notified the members and employees of the executive board of directors of the hacking incident on the 8th, but it did not release it publicly.
A number of executives of this institution said that the hacking attack occurred in the past few months. "This is a very serious invasion," said an executive who asked not to be named.
The hacking attack of the International Monetary Fund has touched the nerves of the outside world, because the database of this institution stores a lot of information that may trigger market fluctuations.
A senior executive of the International Monetary Fund told The New York Times that it is worrying that the database of this institution contains the contents of private negotiations with leaders of some "requesting countries" on financial assistance plans.
Involve the World Bank.
In the hacking incident, it is believed that some emails and other texts in the computer system of the International Monetary Fund were lost. The chief press officer of this organization sent a mass email to employees asking for vigilance. "We found some suspicious text transmissions last week," the email said. "Subsequent investigations revealed that one of the organization's desktop computers was hacked and invaded other systems."
"Like other big institutions, the World Bank is increasingly concerned about potential threats to our information systems," Mills said. "We have been working hard to strengthen prevention."
Accurate lock?
IMF spokesperson 1 1 confirmed the investigation into the hacking incident and declined to give more details.
Holly said: "The International Monetary Fund is fully operational. "I confirm that we are investigating, but we can't release more information on the scale of the incident."
It is not clear whether the hacker's target is "precisely locked" in the International Monetary Fund. Some computer experts say that hackers sometimes spread malicious software code widely, waiting for some large institutions to "take the bait"; Sometimes, it uses "spear phishing" to specific organizations or institutions to try to gain unauthorized access to confidential data. For example, a hacker can "trick" employees of a specific organization into clicking on a malicious link and then invade the other party's computer system. According to experts, the International Monetary Fund is likely to be the victim of spear phishing.