IMF computer system was attacked by hackers

The computer system of the International Monetary Fund was attacked by hackers before the sex scandal of former director Dominique Strauss-Kaln.

As a result, a series of emails and other documents in this monetary organization's computer were lost. The New York Times reported that the IMF database includes backstage information from leaders of the countries when negotiating international relief. In addition, in the computer system of the organization, there are support programs for Portugal, Greece and Ireland that contain sensitive information about countries approaching the crisis.

According to Bloomberg , an IMF spokesman said, until now, the motivation and target of hackers have not been determined . He also said he was alerting employees very vigilantly. According to the source, this attack happened before former IMF director Dominique Strauss-Kaln was arrested for sex scandal on May 14.

The hacker attack occurred before the sex scandal of former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn. Artwork: AFP.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said it would work hard to counter attacks by foreign criminal and industrial gangs and spies. Yesterday, Spanish police also arrested three suspects who were from anonymous hacker groups. These names claim they were delivered to launch attacks on the government and websites belonging to the two corporations are Sony and MasterCard Inc.

By email, David Hawley, an IMF spokesman, said yesterday morning that the IMF is actively investigating the incident.The Federal Bureau of Investigation and even Charles Miller, a spokesman for the US Justice Department , did not have any direct comment on the issue. Calls and emails to the Ministry of Homeland Security and the Central Intelligence Agency were also repeatedly denied.

Soon after, the World Bank, the IMF's "brother", immediately cut off computer links that allowed organizations to share information about the attack. At the same time, employees were also asked not to reveal their email passwords or open documents unexpectedly.

Within the last 3 months, many large organizations and corporations have been repeatedly questioned by hackers. Typically, the attacks on Google , the PBS media, the Lokheed Corporation , Sony . The aim of the IMF hackers in the recent incident is the latest case and is highly complicated by experts.