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World Bank Attacked By Hackers



Somehow, the World Bank has kept secret for the last 14 months that 18 of its servers were the target of a successful intrusion by an unidentified hacker or group or hackers.

Fox News uncovered the attacks after obtaining internal memos concerned with the incident. World Bank spokesman Carl Hanlon confirmed the authenticity of the memos to USA Today, but assured the paper that, "at no point was any sensitive information accessed." Many experts have reacted with skepticism to this assurance, however.

Sophisticated cyber attacks often leave little evidence that they ever happened, and often hide software on the target system to harvest data or continue to grant undetected access to the attacker.

Companies and government offices are continuously improving upon their cyber-security apparatus, but it always seems that the hackers are one step ahead. [From: USA Today]

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