“Elite” hackers have tried – and failed – to breach computer systems and networks of the World Health Organization (WHO) earlier this month, Reuters reported on Monday.
In fact, since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the WHO has been fielding an increasing number of cyberattacks, as well as impersonation attempts.
About the attack
The attackers created a malicious site mimicking the WHO’s internal email system in an attempt to phish the agency staffers’ email credentials.
What the attackers were after and who they were is not known, although some sources suspect them to be the Darkhotel espionage crew, which has been active for nearly over decade and whose targets are usually hackers breach other covid fighting security
