elsid13
06-14-2011, 04:32 PM
The FBI is investigating a major computer security breach at the International Monetary Fund that resulted from a targeted attack possibly launched by a foreign government and that went on for months before being detected.
The IMF, an organization of 187 countries, is focused on ensuring the stability of the international monetary and financial system. The organization provided $91.7 billion in emergency loans last year, including one-third of the bailout packages in Europe, reported Bloomberg. It also is involved in promoting exchange rate stability.
Exposure of the IMF’s sensitive country financial information could alter world markets, and behind-the-scenes loan negotiations by national leaders is “political dynamite in many countries,” a fund official told the New York Times.
http://gcn.com/articles/2011/06/14/imf-hacked-foreign-government-suspected.aspx
It looks like the Chinese were behind this attack so they could manipulate the world economic situation for their benefit.
The IMF, an organization of 187 countries, is focused on ensuring the stability of the international monetary and financial system. The organization provided $91.7 billion in emergency loans last year, including one-third of the bailout packages in Europe, reported Bloomberg. It also is involved in promoting exchange rate stability.
Exposure of the IMF’s sensitive country financial information could alter world markets, and behind-the-scenes loan negotiations by national leaders is “political dynamite in many countries,” a fund official told the New York Times.
http://gcn.com/articles/2011/06/14/imf-hacked-foreign-government-suspected.aspx
It looks like the Chinese were behind this attack so they could manipulate the world economic situation for their benefit.