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World Bank Under Cybersiege In "Unprecedented Crisis"
JagsLive sends in a Fox News report on large-scale and possibly ongoing security breaches at the World Bank. "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." Update: 10/11 01:15 GMT by T : Massive spyware infestations might be good cause to reevaluate the TCO of non-Windows systems on the desktop.
while also trying to keep the news from leaking to the public
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Oh Well, Bad Karma and all . . .
Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
previously, i thought the markets were melting down due to gay marriage
perhaps this is the obvious run up to 2012 and the end of the mayan calendar
paranoid schizophrenics, want to help me out here?
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
I hear you have an opening for a security expert...
Hi.
Apparently, the World Bank is under cybersiege in an "Unprecedented Crisis". Turns out they've been hacked repeatedly, apparently from China.
I have a 5 digit Slashdot ID, so I think you can count on me being a reliable source. I got the information from a Slashdot story as well, so you can be pretty certain it's completely accurate.
Sure, that's that they'd expect you to think.
It is Satan's rectum, poised over the third-world.
Best slashdot line in ages.
Trolling is a art,
I'd mod you up, but I read on Fox News that Slashdot was full of Chinese hackers.
Wow. The way you skillfully explained the joke for the idiotic audience is simply awe inspiring!
I can only guess you have authored at least half the the last 10 years of Hollywood films, haven't you?
To add more credibility, I concur with my fellow poster with my 4 digit ID.
Awesome!
I expect the slashdotting will have an effect :)
I'd mod YOU up but I heard that moderators were full of Chinese hackers.
(oops did just say that out loud?)
And I'd mode you up, but I heard that the moderators are Chinese hackers.
Which would probably explain a lot.
The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
Yes, well, all that 4 digit ID means is that you've wasted that much more of your life than I have.
The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
And I'd hack up chinese mods, but I heard you're full of crackers.
I'm just here to say these two young slashdotters have definitely seen the truth, though they still have a lot to learn from us 3 digit IDers.
So that's what that infamous picture was of.
My id has only three distinct numbers, can I be an honorary 3-digiter?
So what if the World Bank gets hacked into? It's not like banks have any money left to steal these days.
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I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
I shall send word of you to the Council.
And I'd mod you up, but I don't have any mod points.
They were stolen by Chinese hackers.
Sir, I beg to differ....
You know, corporate accounting is sure as hell gonna notice $305,326.13....
Thank goodness then that we are all moderates here.
This generally means doing just enough work to make them compliant and as well all know, compliant != secure.
Or doing less than enough work and more than enough lying to the auditors to pass an audit, passed audit != complaint.
It is Satan's rectum, poised over ..."
...Natalie Portman.
*hides*
Hello, Slashdot Customer Support? I would like to report GreyFox (87712) for mod point spamming? He also offered me the lowest cost to powerlevel me down to a 4 digit User ID. Please ban him.
It's not the years, honey, it's the mileage. - Colonel Henry Walton Jones, Jr., Ph.D.
It is Soviet Russia, poised over Satan's rectum!
(I, for one, am strictly Don't Ask Don't Tell about this)
>>I've always thought the next world war would be fought with I.T. tools, acquiring data, corrupting data, putting economies into turmoil.
I hope you're right. I'd rather have my flights redirected and my credit cards canceled then be gut-shot by a 17-year-old conscript.
After all, I'm a 2 hour drive from Canada as it is... I can just see the Tim Horton's signs going up as they politely herd us into 're-education' camps to watch hour after hour of the Red Green show.
Yes, I've thought about this a lot.
-b
No offense, but I've stopped responding to AC's.
From the leaked memo "MD and CIO has directed that all external Webmail accounts be disabled immediately for all staff who have not changed their passwords yet"
Not to worry, I've already emailed them with a handy link to click on to log in and confirm their identities. They'll all be secured shortly.