Posted on 03/24/2020 2:32:09 PM PDT by Twotone
WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) - Elite hackers tried to break into the World Health Organization earlier this month, sources told Reuters, part of what a senior agency official said was a more than two-fold increase in cyberattacks.
WHO Chief Information Security Officer Flavio Aggio said the identity of the hackers was unclear and the effort was unsuccessful. But he warned that hacking attempts against the agency and its partners have soared as they battle to contain the coronavirus, which has killed more than 15,000 worldwide.
The attempted break-in at the WHO was first flagged to Reuters by Alexander Urbelis, a cybersecurity expert and attorney with the New York-based Blackstone Law Group, which tracks suspicious internet domain registration activity.
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Someone looking to find the least competent way to manage an emergency?
Probably the Chicoms trying to erase China from the WHO database. /s
That being said, anyone hacking their sites should face a 10 year
minimum prison term.
This is no time to screw with medical related agencies.
O.K. I’ll say it without the sarcasm tag:
“Elite hackers” - China
Hopefully they can speed the recovery along by bringing the
website down and the entire WHO wit it.
I saw an interview one time with the head of computer security at Lockheed(?) and he said they normally have thousands of attacks per day. The interviewer ask him, “Where to they come from? Russia? China? North Korea?”. He answered, “No, most of them come from Berkeley and Columbia”.
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