IMF was hacked, World Bank terminates computer connections to the fund

A severe cyberattack hit the servers of the International Monetary Fund. The fund has admitted to being a victim of hackers’ hijacking. After the report the World Bank decided to temporally cut all computer connections between the two institutions.

It was not revealed what the nature of the attack was. The IMF staff was told of the hack last week in an email. However, it is widely believed that the attack had occurred some time before Dominique Strauss-Kahn was accused of the sexual assault.

According to an unnamed official, the hack was described “as a very major breach.”

Soon after the report the World Bank disconnected itself from the IMF to avoid becoming a collateral victim.