One of the United Nations’ most sensitive computer systems was targeted in a highly sophisticated cyber-espionage operation that appears to have been sponsored by a state, according to a leaked study. The study was leaked to the media earlier this week, and was reported by the Associated Press on Wednesday. According to the Associated Press report, hackers used IP addresses in Romania to stage a meticulously organized infiltration of dozens of United Nations computer servers. The servers that were compromised included those used by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), which collects sensitive personal data regarding human rights abuses by governments around the world. The OHCHR has regularly been the subject of verbal attacks by authoritarian governments around the world in recent years.
The identity of the hackers remains unclear, said the report. However, their degree of technical sophistication was so substantial that forensic investigators suspect that a state actor was behind the espionage operation, according to the Associated Press. The news agency relayed an email message it received from United Nations spokesman Rupert Colville, which claimed that the hackers did penetrate the OHCHR system but “did not get very far, [as] nothing confidential was compromised”.
But the above statement appears to contradict the leaked study, which suggests that the cyber-espionage operation against the United Nations resulted in a compromise of “core infrastructure components” that were “determined to be serious”. Among the accounts that were compromised by the hackers were those of some domain administrators, who have access to large segments of the United Nations’ computer networks. The Associated Press spoke to an anonymous United Nations official, who said that the attack was “sophisticated”, and that the organization’s computer systems were “reinforced” in the months following the incident.
Joseph Fitsanakis
https://intelnews.org/2020/01/30/01-2714/
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ΚΟΥΡΗΤΗΣ: ΤΙΠΟΤΑ ΤΟ ΠΕΡΙΕΡΓΟ ΟΥΤΕ ΤΟ ΕΞΑΙΡΕΤΙΚΟ. ΜΙΑ ΣΥΝΗΘΙΣΜΕΝΗ ΕΠΙΘΕΣΗ ΤΗΝ ΟΠΟΙΑ ΟΙ ΠΑΧΥΛΑ ΑΜΟΙΒΟΜΕΝΟΙ ΑΝΙΚΑΝΟΙ ΚΑΙ ΑΧΡΗΣΤΟΙ ΔΙΑΧΕΙΡΙΣΤΕΣ ΤΟΥ ΟΗΕ ΔΕΝ ΚΑΤΑΛΑΒΑΝ ΚΑΝ ΟΤΙ ΣΥΝΕΒΑΙΝΕ. ΤΗΝ ΑΝΙΚΑΝΟΤΗΤΑ ΤΟΥΣ ΑΠΟΦΑΣΙΣΑΝ ΝΑ ΤΗΝ ΚΡΥΨΟΥΝ ΟΝΟΜΑΖΟΝΤΑΣ ΑΥΤΗΝ ΤΗΝ ΚΟΙΝΗ ΕΠΙΘΕΣΗ ΩΣ ΙΔΙΑΖΟΥΣΑ ΚΑΙ ΕΞΑΙΡΕΤΙΚΗ.
The identity of the hackers remains unclear, said the report. However, their degree of technical sophistication was so substantial that forensic investigators suspect that a state actor was behind the espionage operation, according to the Associated Press. The news agency relayed an email message it received from United Nations spokesman Rupert Colville, which claimed that the hackers did penetrate the OHCHR system but “did not get very far, [as] nothing confidential was compromised”.
But the above statement appears to contradict the leaked study, which suggests that the cyber-espionage operation against the United Nations resulted in a compromise of “core infrastructure components” that were “determined to be serious”. Among the accounts that were compromised by the hackers were those of some domain administrators, who have access to large segments of the United Nations’ computer networks. The Associated Press spoke to an anonymous United Nations official, who said that the attack was “sophisticated”, and that the organization’s computer systems were “reinforced” in the months following the incident.
Joseph Fitsanakis
https://intelnews.org/2020/01/30/01-2714/
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ΚΟΥΡΗΤΗΣ: ΤΙΠΟΤΑ ΤΟ ΠΕΡΙΕΡΓΟ ΟΥΤΕ ΤΟ ΕΞΑΙΡΕΤΙΚΟ. ΜΙΑ ΣΥΝΗΘΙΣΜΕΝΗ ΕΠΙΘΕΣΗ ΤΗΝ ΟΠΟΙΑ ΟΙ ΠΑΧΥΛΑ ΑΜΟΙΒΟΜΕΝΟΙ ΑΝΙΚΑΝΟΙ ΚΑΙ ΑΧΡΗΣΤΟΙ ΔΙΑΧΕΙΡΙΣΤΕΣ ΤΟΥ ΟΗΕ ΔΕΝ ΚΑΤΑΛΑΒΑΝ ΚΑΝ ΟΤΙ ΣΥΝΕΒΑΙΝΕ. ΤΗΝ ΑΝΙΚΑΝΟΤΗΤΑ ΤΟΥΣ ΑΠΟΦΑΣΙΣΑΝ ΝΑ ΤΗΝ ΚΡΥΨΟΥΝ ΟΝΟΜΑΖΟΝΤΑΣ ΑΥΤΗΝ ΤΗΝ ΚΟΙΝΗ ΕΠΙΘΕΣΗ ΩΣ ΙΔΙΑΖΟΥΣΑ ΚΑΙ ΕΞΑΙΡΕΤΙΚΗ.
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