A cyberattack in February led to the compromise of 11 International Monetary Fund (IMF) email accounts, the organization announced Friday.
In a brief statementThe IMF said the cyber incident was detected on February 16.
“A subsequent investigation, with the assistance of independent cybersecurity experts, determined the nature of the breach and corrective action was taken. The investigation determined that eleven (11) IMF email accounts were compromised,” the organization said.
“The affected email accounts have been re-secured. We have no indication at this time of any other compromises beyond these email accounts. The investigation into this incident continues.
Reuters reported that none of the email accounts accessed were used by senior management of the organization.
In response to questions about who was behind the attack and what information was accessed, a spokesperson told Recorded Future News: “For security reasons we cannot disclose further details. We cannot confirm attribution.”
The IMF – a lender made up of 190 member countries – is an international financial institution designed to stabilize economies by providing billions of dollars to governments around the world each year.
The organization last dealt with a cybersecurity incident in 2011when an alleged state actor breached the organization’s systems and spent months digging through the files, according to the New York Times.
The attack was so significant at the time that the IMF cut all digital connections with the World Bank in order to limit the damage. The incident was initially discovered when computer scientists discovered strange file transfers originating from an IMF computer. Emails and other documents were seized, sources said. several media at the time.
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