The organization admits experiencing sophisticated cyberattacks after Media Leaked Details.
The United Nations (UN) is regarded as an all-talk-no-action organization primarily because of its utter failure in protecting the developing world from destruction at the hands of and dictators and superpowers. However, it seems that the organization is as helpless in its internal matters as it is towards world issues.
According to the UN’s internal confidential report, the organization was the target of a “sophisticated” cyberattack in 2019. Reportedly, the organization is still trying to find out the extent of data loss and the identities of the hackers. The UN report was apparently leaked to The New Humanitarian and The Associated Press (AP) was able to access it from there.
As per the details of the attack shared by AP, a group of hackers exploited Microsoft SharePoint’s vulnerability and used an unidentified malware to access the UN’s servers in its Vienna and Geneva offices and the UN High Commissioners for Human Rights office.
The human rights office is where sensitive data related to human rights abuse is collected and stored. The attack occurred in July 2019 and resulted in compromising the organization’s “core infrastructure components.” The offices have a total of 4,000 employees.
The AP reporte ..
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