U.N. Offices Targeted In 'Sophisticated' Cyberattack

The transcript discusses a series of cyber attacks on UN offices in Geneva and Vienna, as reported by a leaked UN document. The attacks began in July 2019, compromising numerous UN servers. Despite IT officials flagging vulnerabilities, the breach was kept quiet due to its undetermined scope. UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric described the incident as a serious hack of core infrastructure. The attacks are suspected to be an espionage operation, targeting specific data rather than a widespread attack. An estimated 400 gigabytes of data may have been downloaded, with privileged access allowing extensive data retrieval.

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