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So What Did the Hackers Take in the IMF Attack?

So What Did the Hackers Take in the IMF Attack?Yesterday we learned that the International Monetary Fund was the victim of a cyber attack. As if that wasn’t scary enough, now Business Insider (via Bloomberg) is reporting what may have been taken during the hack and how it happened. And while details are still sketchy, the gist of the news is not good.

What they took: e-mails and other documents, according to the same someone familiar with the matter.

When they took it: Before Dominique Strauss-Khan, the former IMF chief, was arrested for rape.

How it happened: The IMF is not releasing any details nor are they commenting on the extent of the attack other than to say that the fund is fully functional. However, reading into a memo sent to employees after the attack, we suspect that it might have happened via “phishing” (hackers trying to get access to your password and username) or after an employee clicked on a link or video sent to their email.

The IMF’s Chief Information Officer Jonathan Palmer sent an email to employees with the subject, “Important Notice: Virus Attacks,” on June 8th.

Bloomberg got the memo and says it says: Be on [your] guard. [A] computer at the fund was “compromised.”

“Last week we detected some suspicious file transfers, and the subsequent investigation established that a Fund desktop computer had been compromised and used to access some Fund systems…At this point, we have no reason to believe that any personal information was sought for fraud purposes.”

“Staff are strongly requested NOT TO OPEN emails and video links without authenticating the source…”

In an email sent on June 9th, Palmer warned employees about “increased phishing activity.”

There’s also speculation that the hack was perpetrated by a foreign government. However, as BI points out, it’s also possible it was the work of the infamous hacker group Anonymous.

Read the details here.

Comments (47)

  • Reptillica
    Posted on June 15, 2011 at 12:27am

    Those hackers must listen to Alex Jones and others like him. They’re videos show how well informed they are.

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  • Reptillica
    Posted on June 15, 2011 at 12:23am

    Hillary…? Don’t you mean Hitlery ?

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  • NuffSaid
    Posted on June 14, 2011 at 12:39am

    You guys really need Hillary as a President.

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  • CanteenBoy
    Posted on June 13, 2011 at 6:54pm

    I worked there for 10 years until 2006, The Fund is very proactive in it’s cybersecurity and it would have taken a staff member to click on a link, as is being reported.

    Additionally, in my ten 10 years there I observed that women are treated respectfully.

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    • Captain Crunch
      Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:35pm

      Thank you. It’s not hard to figure fairly accurately what happened when there is no information given combined with the understanding of how they treat their women employees. Actually it’s just a guess.

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  • NormanDeArmond
    Posted on June 13, 2011 at 6:51pm

    Couldn’t a been the Chinamen, could it? What was there million man hacker army on the government dole doing them. Most favored nation Won’t catch me using their apple, hp and Nestle products if I can avoid it

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  • santramir
    Posted on June 13, 2011 at 5:49pm

    nature balance itself all the time

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  • blackcatrun
    Posted on June 13, 2011 at 2:32pm

    Whom ever got in did so with perpouse. Now the IMF is aware the tatics are going to change to get in to the system or remain in the system. Which in large systems is easyer than in a smaller computer systems, One thing about the WIKI leaks computer files is the hackers got in and dispite the system knowing they kept down loading the information after the hackers program got cut off. That how thousands of pages of info could get out of the computer system they are stored on.
    Some here may dispute that it can be done but in fact it is very easy that once a hacker gets in the system to stay there. Dispite being cut off the access point a good program can run without notice downloading info to outside computers for as long as the system stays connected. This was very good for a hack and shows someone wanted the files they went after.

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  • In-God-I-trust
    Posted on June 13, 2011 at 1:59pm

    All these criminal orgs should be wary of inside tattle tales. Once they start eating their own, they will be done in.

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  • Richard Compton
    Posted on June 13, 2011 at 12:24pm

    Can you say coverup!

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  • Your Name Here
    Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:08am

    MidWestMom
    Have they not heard of anti-virus software??

    They have the software but the users have disabled it because it blocks their porn site viewing.

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  • christos
    Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:51am

    ……What they took and what they where looking for of course where two different adventures,they were looking for a cake recipe,I just know it,what they found was how to fool the mass that a money tree exists,until they realized they were almost out of ink,then they turned to there digital cyber god so they digitized their virtual $,heard they are still searching for that cake recipe,oh to cake his own…

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  • Its Gonna Getcha
    Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:09am

    The Internet is so ripe for abuse. Inform yourself.

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  • historypaper
    Posted on June 13, 2011 at 8:47am

    The Dutch believed in the fairy-tale U.S. Patriot Army fighting the Obama Black Brigades (OBB) around the world. The Dutch also knew that OBB promoted the destruction of Israel and were willing to fight all over the world.
    Once the OBB was damaged by national U.S. elections their troops quickly found the path to the second great civil war in America.
    The Obama Black Brigades (OBB) were formed and originally funded by the C.I.A. within the secret multi-billion dollar black budgets. Several divisions were created to defeat terrorists around the world and several divisions were deployed within Egypt, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iraq and smaller units in dozens of countries.
    The Dutch would help the U.S. Patriot forces in halting the advance of the Obama Black Brigades and their first test was in building the pontoon bridge across the canal waters only seven miles away from the I.M.F. world headquarters.
    Their first job was complete and the main road was now covered with Dutch anti-tank mines and the pontoons were being unloaded off the several Dutch heavy tractors and trailers.
    Not one Dutch soldier noticed the lone man standing on the other side of the canal river making his plans to pull the trigger.

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  • historypaper
    Posted on June 13, 2011 at 8:30am

    The I.M.F. proved to be no match for the U.S. Patriots but the Obama Black Brigade was another story. The I.M.F. defenses were weak and the informational files were stolen by the U.S. Patriots and miraculously escaped into the woods.
    The I.M.F. money laundering files were undamaged and transferred to the other side of the world by the U.S. Patriots before the first heavy mortar exploded in the dense woods.
    The Obama Black Brigade (OBB) a powerful military force had placed artillery, machine guns and heavy mortars facing the old narrow bridge to defend the I.M.F. and engage the U.S. Patriots.
    Escaping injury the U.S. Patriots scrambled through the woods to their vehicles only to discover that they were surrounded on three sides and all hell was about to break loose.
    At this point the canal bridge was undamaged but the OBB tanks were now firing at the narrow bridge and the lead recon troops of the U.S. Patriots.
    The Patriot sergeant would have to find another way as the first OBB proximity shell exploded directly over his position.
    The U.S. Patriots and their small arms might prove worthless but they were going to attach anyway.

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  • ILUVAMERICA
    Posted on June 13, 2011 at 8:23am

    The Bilderberg Cabbal will stage fake attacks and hacking so they can claim they have to protect the internet and other computor systems

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  • ILUVAMERICA
    Posted on June 13, 2011 at 8:19am

    The Bilderberg Cabal metting, that the blaze did not report on, was about how to take over and/or shut down the internet.
    You can believe they are the ones behind all the hacking going on
    Oh yah, Obama is part of the plan
    They will get rid of him as soon as they are get all they want from him

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  • cemerius
    Posted on June 13, 2011 at 7:59am

    Chinese third economy “hacking”…since not many “company’s” are setting up in China since the chinese have a law that has, said “company”, give up their patent/copy right’s when they “set up” in China……So what China says…we will just have our billion man hacking section get to work after all we built ALL the hardware!!!

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  • stinkybisquit
    Posted on June 13, 2011 at 7:51am

    Darn those tea partiers!

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  • Ialmostforgot
    Posted on June 13, 2011 at 7:48am

    I don‘t think they ’TOOK’ anything. COPIED, maybe, but not TOOK.

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  • Captain Crunch
    Posted on June 13, 2011 at 7:38am

    Anonymous strikes again. Or maybe it was a disgruntled female employee who had enough of being a piece of meat in that organization.

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    • SHTFRadio.com Survival Preparedness Online Radio
      Posted on June 13, 2011 at 7:41am

      @Captain Crunch

      ———————————————-
      - Maybe a Wiki Leak Worker ? -
      ———————————————-

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    • Infected
      Posted on June 13, 2011 at 7:45am

      I would like to see an area here on TheBlaze where we can post news that we find interesting… Such as…

      $4,000.00 Green Trash Cans
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lczMy2YLeZo

      Microchipping Airport Workers
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poSikw_yNB0

      Cop Knocks A Handcuffed Girl’s Teeth Out
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmlNHorbzBM&feature=ytn%3Amptnews

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    • MidWestMom
      Posted on June 13, 2011 at 7:47am

      Have they not heard of anti-virus software??

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    • cemerius
      Posted on June 13, 2011 at 8:00am

      @Midwestmom

      “anti-virus” won’t stop a phishing incident the best line of defense is for the user to just say “NO”…..

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    • Stuck_in_CA
      Posted on June 13, 2011 at 8:03am

      Hopefully, the evil of the global NWO cabal, will be exposed. Thanks to Drudge, for putting the Builder-boogers on his site, for all the world to see.

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    • OhioRifleman
      Posted on June 13, 2011 at 8:04am

      @ MidWestMom: they probably have decent or better antivirus software. AV does not protect against phishing or external links that pull in certain worms or viruses.

      I am a computer tech by trade, and roughly 30 percent of my job is cleaning up viruses and rootkits that get past AV software. If you think there is a package out there that will stop it all, I have some very bad news for you…

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on June 13, 2011 at 8:05am

      @Captain Crunch:

      According to a number of european news sights; three members of the hack group Annonymous were arrested a couple of days ago, just about the time this IMF attack occured. So I have to wonder now if the attack triggered the arrests, or did the attack come as a response to the arrests?

      Go to http://www.worldthreats.com for the article. As of this time, it is the lead one.

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    • Captain Crunch
      Posted on June 13, 2011 at 8:05am

      @Infected

      That may be what happened at the IMF……someone clicked on a link.

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on June 13, 2011 at 8:06am

      One thing I would like to know is more of what goes on in the Federal Reserve that is kept secret in their untouchable records…would be nice to know.

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    • Locked
      Posted on June 13, 2011 at 8:34am

      @Infected

      And we’d like you to stay on topic and not post unhelpful links. Oh well, can‘t win ’em all.

      I find it funny that one of the first reactions is “Must be Anonymous!” No, Anonymous specializes in three things:
      1. DDoS attacks
      2. Cats
      3. Appearing more important than they are

      More likely it was just your run-of-the-mill keylogger than any idiot could open. If it were a direct target, then there would be a lot more danger; but nothing in the article leads to this conclusion.

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    • Workforit
      Posted on June 13, 2011 at 8:38am

      @INFECTED… I agree. I’m a “hanger on” because I was here on day one and I like the format. The Blaze does a pretty good job of letting me speak without deleting my opinion… very often… So I stay, but I will admit I’m not here as much as I used to be. I think they really dropped the ball on the Bilderberg thing, the attendees and the Logan act. Much of what I see here is just to “stir the pot”… and the Blaze does that very well!

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    • NSDQ
      Posted on June 13, 2011 at 8:39am

      @Locked Cats as in close access teams? Didnt think Anonymous did such?

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    • SLEUTH
      Posted on June 13, 2011 at 8:41am

      INFECTED – i hate to think what people would put in that ‘bus stop trash bin’ a compactor yet. let your imagine run wild. who is the idiot that came up with this?

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    • Locked
      Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:00am

      @NSDQ

      No, cats as in felines. Anonymous primarily operates off of 4-chan. They love them some cats.

      As said, a lot of people don’t understand what Anonymous is. They aren’t some shady secret organization of genius hackers. They’re mostly just internet trolls with too much time on their hands and basic internet knowledge of how to publicly humiliate people. DDoS attacks stop websites, or they try and get all information possible on a person they take a disliking to and shame them or make their lives a living hell.

      Some of their members have amazing skills when it comes to hacking, but they’re the exception. Most people just want a community to belong to, and thrive on the name recognition of the group.

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:01am

      @Infected:

      In downtown Phoenix we have some of those ‘green trash cans’ that have a solar powered trash compactor within them. (No joking in this case).

      Anyone seeking one in the Phoenix area to see how our money gets wasted can find one readily on the NW corner of 3rd Ave and Washington St.

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:11am

      Wikileaks again.

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    • GETLIFE
      Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:26am

      WORKFORIT and STUCK IN CA,

      Maybe The Blaze has an inside Bilderberg source and they are waiting to debrief….

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    • TomFerrari
      Posted on June 13, 2011 at 9:56am

      Er,
      infected et al wanting to be able to suggest stories to theblaze.com
      If you want theblaze.com to do a story on somthing – enter the URL in the box at the VERY BOTTOM RIGHT HAND corner of your page – titled, “HAVE A TIP?” Then, click “Submit”.

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    • riseandshine
      Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:05am

      @Workforit…..the Blaze?….stir things up?……naaa

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    • Rightsofman
      Posted on June 13, 2011 at 11:52am

      Good idea but watch where you step if you know what i mean.

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    • 1TrueOne55
      Posted on June 13, 2011 at 12:39pm

      If this is related to a Wiki-Leaks/Anonymous attack then I would focus on George Soros. Since he is funding the defence of Wiki-Leaks founder Julian Assange by supplying him with his Open Society Legal advisor. Or to say it differently Soros is looking for information on how to get at the US since the IMF is an arm of the US Financial Elite, just like the Federal Reserve.

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    • Disnylv
      Posted on June 13, 2011 at 12:49pm

      Or is it just rumor since Soros and big o want to regulate the Internet
      Couple that with Chinese hackers attacking the computers at Pentagon?

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