A cyberattack in February led to the compromise of 11 email accounts at the International Monetary Fund, the organization said on Friday.
In a brief statement, the IMF said the cyber incident was detected on February 16.
Reuters reported that none of the email accounts accessed were used by senior leaders of the organization.
The IMF - a lender made up of 190 member countries - is an international financial institution designed to stabilize economies by providing billions in funding to governments around the world each year.
The organization last dealt with a cybersecurity incident in 2011, when an alleged nation-state actor breached the organization's systems and spent months rifling through files, according to The New York Times.
The attack was so significant at the time that the IMF cut all digital connections to the World Bank in an effort to contain the damage.
The incident was initially discovered when IT workers found strange file transfers occurring from one computer at the IMF. Emails and other documents were taken, sources told several news outlets at the time.
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This Cyber News was published on therecord.media. Publication date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 20:40:05 +0000