The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently detected a cybersecurity incident that involved nearly a dozen email accounts getting hacked.
In a statement issued last week, the United Nations financial institution said it detected the security breach on February 16, 2024.
https://www.imf.org/en/News/Articles/2024/03/15/pr2488-imf-investigates-cyber-security-incident
The IMF told Reuters that the list of hacked accounts did not include the ones of Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva or other top officials.
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email accounts of a major financial organization such as the IMF could be useful to state-sponsored cyberspies, as well as profit-driven cybercriminals who could attempt to use the accounts for advanced social engineering.