World Bank Hacked

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The World Bank Group's computer network — one of the largest repositories of sensitive data about the economies of every nation — has been raided repeatedly by outsiders for more than a year.

Servers in the institution's highly-restricted treasury unit were deeply penetrated with spy software last April. Invaders also had full access to the rest of the bank's network for nearly a month in June and July.

In total, at least six major intrusions — two of them using the same group of IP addresses originating from China — have been detected at the World Bank since the summer of 2007, with the most recent breach occurring just last month.

In a frantic midnight e-mail to colleagues, the bank's senior technology manager referred to the situation as an "unprecedented crisis." In fact, it may be the worst security breach ever at a global financial institution. And it has left bank officials scrambling to try to understand the nature of the year-long cyber-assault, while also trying to keep the news from leaking to the public.

While it remains unclear how much data has been pilfered from the bank, it's a lot. According to internal memos, "a minimum of 18 servers have been compromised," including some of the bank's most sensitive systems — ranging from the bank's security and password server to a Human Resources server "that contains scanned images of staff documents."

One World Bank director tells FOX News that as many as 40 servers have been penetrated, including one that held...

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In total, at least six major intrusions — two of them using the same group of IP addresses originating from China — have been detected at the World Bank since the summer of 2007, with the most recent breach occurring just last month.

It's interesting that all the IP addresses are coming from Red China. Asians are probably the smartest people on earth (in general) and now that they're entering the technology of the 21st Century, it's going to be interesting to see how they develop economically, as well as militarily. It's actually kinda scarey. :shock:

Asians are probably the smartest people on earth (in general)

And what race is the dumbest on earth, in general? (what ever in the hell that means) That kind of racist remark is "actually kinda scarey."

What is realy scary is the fact that there maybe a whole lot of Bubbas that work for the SO.

Asians are probably the smartest people on earth (in general)

And what race is the dumbest on earth, in general? (what ever in the hell that means) That kind of racist remark is "actually kinda scarey."

What is realy scary is the fact that there maybe a whole lot of Bubbas that work for the SO.

How did you twist an article about bank fraud into a racial issue? :roll: