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United Nations was HACKED from April until August:

• https://www.dailymail.co, By ADAM MANNO

Hackers have been gathering data from the United Nations' internal system since April, using an employee's stolen login credentials that have been sold on the dark web for as little as $1,000.

The combination of username and password was sold by multiple Russian-speaking cybercriminals as late as July, but the identity of the hackers and their explicit purpose is still unknown.

The credentials offer access to the organization's project management software Umoja. The entry point provides valuable insight into government and humanitarian work across the globe.

The UN, which is in constant contact with high-powered nations and companies, has been targeted by state-directed hackers before, but everyday cybercriminals are now going after large companies and organizations with the goal of selling access to highly coveted information.

Hackers gained access to the UN system on April 5 and were still active in the network a month ago, according to Bloomberg

'Organizations like the UN are a high-value target for cyber espionage activity,' said Gene Yoo, the CEO of Resecurity, a cybersecurity firm that says it discovered the breach.

'The actor conducted the intrusion with the goal of compromising large numbers of users within the UN network for further long-term intelligence gathering.' 

Yoo told DailyMail.com that his firm alerted the UN about a breach in July after 'monitoring' the Dark Web.


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